Achille Devéria
1800-1857
Athalie
1827?
image: 4 1/2 x 3 7/16 inches (115 x 87 mm); on sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 inches (246 x 179 mm)
Brown and black ink with brown wash, touched with white, on paper.
1986.2070
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Title from item.
Drawing by Deveria for an illustration for act II, scene 5, of an unidentified edition of Racine's drama "Athalie".
Drawing by Deveria for an illustration for act II, scene 5, of an unidentified edition of Racine's drama "Athalie".
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at lower left, below drawing, "Deveria 1827"; caption beneath in pencil reads, "Athalie. Deux fois mes tristes yeux se sont vu retracer Ce même enfant toujours tout prêt à me percer."
Summary
Drawing shows Athalie in the throes of her dream, lying asleep across her bed, with the figure of a child brandishing a dagger suspended above her.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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