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The Tempest, Neptune Commanding the Winds to Retreat, Venus Parting from Aeneas

The Tempest, Neptune Commanding the Winds to Retreat, Venus Parting from Aeneas

(French, 1767–1824)
about 1820-24
Medium/TechniqueBlack chalk on greenish paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.2 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Davis and Carol Noble and from the Abbott Lawrence Fund, Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, and Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number2012.22
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLibI.4; Lib I. 3; Lib I.2; verso in brown ink: Donné par Girodet-Trioson. Tiré de la collection de Mr. Pannetier. Certifié J. Liénard
Provenance1825, Artist's studio sale (on behalf of Denis Becquerel Despéaux and Rosine née Girodet) sold to Antoine-Claude Pannetier (1772-1859), Paris. By 2010, E. Chambon, Geneva; 2010, Chambon sold at Fischer Auktionen, Lucerne (June 21, 2010, lot 1360). By 2011, Emmanuel von Baeyer, London. 2012, sold by von Baeyer to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)
Image Not Available for Standing female figure full-length, in classical dress
Standing female figure full-length, in classical dress
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
1815
Tempête (Tempest) Illustration for Virgil's Aeneid, I. 81-123
Tempête (Tempest)
Illustration for Virgil's Aeneid, I. 81-123
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
about 1820–24
Ossian
Ossian
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
The Bard Amin Lamenting the Death of his Children (Ossian) (Old man sitting on a rock by the sea)
The Bard Amin Lamenting the Death of his Children (Ossian) (Old man sitting on a rock by the sea)
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
1839
Image Not Available for Profile portrait of a man
Profile portrait of a man
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Paris, Cupid playing a flute, and Venus
Paris, Cupid playing a flute, and Venus
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Greek Male and Female Figures
Greek Male and Female Figures
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
July 30, 1816
Sketches of a Woman's Profile, a Leaf, and a Cat's Head
Sketches of a Woman's Profile, a Leaf, and a Cat's Head
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Two Cupids at an alter, "Ode sur le mariage de..."
Two Cupids at an alter, "Ode sur le mariage de..."
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Wreath of lilies and roses (end of ode)
Wreath of lilies and roses (end of ode)
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Jupiter et Sémélé
Jupiter et Sémélé
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
1826
Image Not Available for Les Amours des Dieux
Les Amours des Dieux
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
1826