1749
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Allegory of Music with Two Cherubs and Doves (100) is a 1749 chalk by Gilles Demarteau the Elder, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows two chubby cherubs holding musical instruments. One plays a flute, the other strums a lyre. Doves hover nearby. It’s printed in “chalk manner,” a rare technique where the artist draws on a plate with chalk. The ink sticks to the paper like a soft pencil sketch. See it in person at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Gilles Demarteau the Elder (1776–1776) was an artist.
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