Putti at play
second half 19th century
Medium
Graphite and brown wash
Dimensions
image: 5 x 9 5/16 in. (12.7 x 23.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.503
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Putti at Play" is a charming 19th-century drawing created collaboratively by French artists Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet during the second half of the century. Rendered in graphite and brown wash on a modest sheet measuring 5 x 9 5/16 inches, this work captures the playful antics of putti—those mischievous, winged cherubs borrowed from classical mythology and Renaissance art. Acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967 through the Dodge Fund, it resides in the Drawings and Prints department, highlighting the enduring appeal of these lively figures in European...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...