id: 170730 accession number: 2013.251 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.251 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:35.908000 Invocation to the Divinities who preside over Agriculture from Virgil's "Georgics", after 1798. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824). Black chalk on off-white laid paper; sheet: 27 x 38.3 cm (10 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.); secondary support: 28.2 x 39.5 cm (11 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz 2013.251 title: Invocation to the Divinities who preside over Agriculture from Virgil's "Georgics" title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: after 1798 creation date earliest: 1799 creation date latest: 1800 current location: creditline: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: Black chalk on off-white laid paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824) - artist On the advice of his architecture instructor Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799), Girodet enrolled in the atelier of David (q.v.) in 1783 to study painting, working alongside other young artists like Gros (q.v.) and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar (1762-1834) who were also taught in David's neoclassical style. Girodet's early works display the influence of David in the linear and sculptural quality of his figures. After three consecutive years of competing for the Prix de Rome, he finally won at his fourth effort in 1789. Later that year the Revolution broke out in France and Girodet made numerous drawings of the fall of the Bastille. In 1790 he left for Italy where he stayed for five years. During that time his style changed and softened under the influence of the works of Leonardo (1452-1519) and Correggio (1489/94-1534). Girodet strove to be unique and original in his depictions and even went to great lengths to oppose David's neoclassicism. His new interest in atmospheric and light effects differed from that of his teacher. He made a name for himself at the Salon of 1793, with his submission of Sleep of Endymion (Musée du Louvre, Paris). After his return to Paris from Italy, Girodet became known as a portrait painter and accepted numerous commissions, but many of them were either late in delivery or never completed. Girodet's tendency to interpret commissions to prove his own originality often offended and alienated his patrons. He did not find official success at the Salon again until 1808 and produced little after 1815. --- measurements: Sheet: 27 x 38.3 cm (10 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 28.2 x 39.5 cm (11 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: light-weight, handmade, off-white laid paper mounted to thin rag board watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00 Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.251/2013.251_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.251/2013.251_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.251/2013.251_full.tif