Jupiter and Alcmene Medallion, Sketch for Decoration of a Frame
Theodore Roussel
1907–1908
- Medium
- Etching in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 3.4 × 8.2 cm (1 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 5.3 × 8.2 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 5.7 × 8.2 cm (2 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaperpaper (fiber product)
About
Roussel made two separate etched studies of medallion designs for the Comedy Pattern Frame before incorporating the figural and grapevine images into the large etching plate for the frame itself.
