The Invention of the Art of Drawing (the daughter of Butades of Sicyon and her Lover)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: (Johann Heinrich) Ferdinand Olivier|Heinrich Olivier
Artist bio: German, Dessau 1785–1841 Munich|German, Dessau 1783–1848 Berlin
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: 1804
Medium: Pen and gray ink, watercolor; framing line in pen and black ink, by the artists
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11.2 × 8.5 cm)
Mount: 7 5/16 × 4 1/16 in. (18.6 × 10.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015
Accession year: 2015
Tags: Painting|Men|Lovers|Women