An Allegory Comparing Music and Poetry
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Michel François Dandré-Bardon
Artist bio: French, Aix-en-Provence 1700–1783 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1740
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk and traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 13/16 in. (54.5 x 40.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Ivan Phillips Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Accession year: 2006
Tags: Male Nudes|Female Nudes|Harps|Centaurs|Pegasus