Cove
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, green and pink wash, over black chalk, on light tan paper
Dimensions
8 x 9-5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.655
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, *Cove* is a 17th-century drawing an anonymous artist from the Roman-Bolog school. This Italian masterpiece, gifted by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1880 evokes the Baroque era's flair for drama and natural beauty. Tags hint at a lively scene featuring men, women and garlands, likely set against a serene cove—perhaps a coastal idyll blending human figures with festive or mythological elements, characteristic of Bnese artists influenced by the Carr family's classical humanism and Roman grandeur. Crafted on light tan paper, th...