Caption

Allegory of History Studying Truth, drawing, design, Originally intended as a design for a frontispiece, but ultimately, not used, verso, signature, recto, lower right, pen and brown ink: 'Cochin filius del', inscription:, lower left, on the old mount, pen and brown ink: 'CN Cochin filius delin', annotation, pencil: 'Jombert 154, Ce dessin n'a point été, gravé', draftsman (artist): Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), before c. 1746, Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), draftsman (artist), inorganic material, materials by function, paper, ink, chalk, pen, brush, pen and brush in gray over underdrawing in black chalk, height 126 mm x width 82 mm, height 208 mm x width 161 mm, Originally intended as a design for a frontispiece of Nouvel Abregé chronologique de l'histoire de France, but ultimately not used., 'Historia', Truth, 'Verità' (Ripa), Time denuding Truth, A monochrome ink drawing shows a partially draped female figure seated on clouds beneath an architectural semicircular structure with columns, rays of light radiating behind her head, and clouds around her. Below and around her are several figures, including a woman in flowing garments seated and holding a book while a small child reaches toward her, another child crawling on the ground, and multiple smaller figures and heads clustered among scattered sheets and rolls. To the right a figure leans forward holding a long angled object, and various draped fabrics and rounded objects lie across the lower foreground. The scene is sketched with flowing contour lines, shaded washes, and energetic hatch marks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B47_024

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37.2Mb (10.2Mb) / 9.6in x 15.0in / 2881 x 4509 (300dpi)

Keywords

Allegory History Studying Truth drawing design Originally intended frontispiece ultimately verso signature recto lower right pen brown ink Cochin filius del inscription lower left old mount CN Cochin filius delin annotation pencil Jombert 154 Ce dessin n'a point été gravé draftsman artist Charles Nicolas Cochin Ii c 1746 inorganic material materials function paper ink chalk brush gray underdrawing black chalk height 126 mm x width 82 mm height 208 mm x 161 mm Nouvel Abregé chronologique de l'histoire de France Historia Truth Verità Ripa Time denuding monochrome ink drawing partially draped female figure seated clouds beneath architectural semicircular structure columns rays light radiating head clouds several figures woman flowing garments seated holding book small child reaches another child crawling ground multiple smaller figures heads clustered scattered sheets rolls right figure leans forward holding long angled object various fabrics rounded objects lie across lower foreground scene sketched flowing contour lines shaded washes energetic hatch marks