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ID number: BIRBI-91.2 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Metz, Conrad Martin (1749-1827) Title / Object name: The Death of the Children of Niobe Object type: Drawing Place made: Rome Culture: German Date made: 1820 Materials: Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white Measurements: Paper 454 x 684 mm; mount 655 x 885 mm Provenance: Purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi, December 1991 |
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Metz lived in Rome from 1801 until his death in 1827. This highly-worked presentation drawing treats the slaughter of Niobe’s seven sons and seven daughters by Apollo and Diana, a subject from Ovid (Metamorphoses VI, 204-312), and contains quotations from numerous classical sculptures. It brilliantly exemplifies the international neo-classical style of the time, not previously represented in the Barber collection. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed and dated lower right: C.M.Metz/ Roma 1820 |
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