Homer at the Hippocrene Spring

Baron Henri de Triqueti (1803-1874)

January 1872

Black chalk, sanguine with white highlight, watercolour, on paper laid down on canvas.

237.5 x 145 cm.

Collection: Musée Girodet, Montargis (Loiret)

The Musée de Montargis conserves a stunning life-size preparatory drawing, in addition to the marbles [for a final tarsia that was never completed] that had been assembled but not yet engraved. Nearly two and a half metres high, Homer at the Hippocrene Spring looks like a mix between Ingres and Gustave Moreau. — Laurent Bury

  • [Review of] "Triqueti, la force du trait" at the Musée Girodet, Montargis

    • Photograph © Musée Girodet, kindly provided by the museum for purposes of the exhibition review.