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A graphite and black chalk drawing of Galatea and Cupid. The sea nymph Galatea stands gazing leftward, wearing only a sheet. Cupid kneels at her feet, stringing his bow.

Willem van Mieris

Galatea and Cupid,

Maker

  • Francis van Bossuit
  • Willem van Mieris

Title

Galatea and Cupid

Medium

graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Black chalk on vellum

Techniques

  • Black chalk on vellum

Supports

  • Vellum

Dimensions

41.3 x 25.9 cm (16 1/4 x 10 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in black chalk, LR: "v(?) Mieris f."

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Norman and Tamara Bolotow

Object Number

84.026

Galatea and Cupid

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Read Online

Signed in black chalk, LR: "v(?) Mieris f."

Publications

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Read Online

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Under the Magnifying Glass

September 22, 2000 - January 14, 2001

Treasures on Paper

June 13 - August 19, 1989
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