Daphnis and Chloe / Anonymous
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.217
- Title
- Daphnis and Chloe
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink, wash and watercolor on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm (10 1/2 in. x 8 in.)
- Physical Description
- This work depicts a lively outdoor scene in pen and ink with grey wash and pink and blue watercolor. The setting is replete with lush foliage and populated by several figures and animals. A nude female figure stands holding onto a slender fruit tree looking over a body of water in which a winged boy wades holding his hands to his head. Another nude female figure is shown seated on the right holding a dog tied to a leash. Two playful birds and another winged boy are shown in the bottom foreground.
- Subject Matter
- Daphis and Chloe?
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- figures (representations)
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2408 x 3153
- File Size
- 1016 KB
- Record
- 2012/2.217
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.217/2012_2_217.jpg
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"Daphnis and Chloe; Anonymous." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.217/2012_2_217.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.