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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Watercolor - Minerva Leading the Neophyte to Temple of Learning
Object Number
1949-04-1
Description
Right portion of the composition is taken up by Rocasille with sparse vegetation and a very solid brown trunked tree with foliage rendered in pointilliste technique. Figures to left of tree are clothed in drapery which has some three dimensional quality but anatomical and facial features are distorted and flat in execution. Minerva, at right, wear a plumed helmet over her black hair and a cuirasse and chain mail apron over a flowing white robe and a gold cape. Neophyte is dressed in virginal white and leads an anemic looking sheep on a pink ribbon towards the Temple which is perched on jagged rocaille and approached by a serpentine path. The building seems to be a melange of architectural styles rendered in blue and white.
Comment
Lucretia Champion attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1799.
Category
Date Made
ca. 1800
Dimensions
12 3/4" x 14"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
