Meeting of Poets around Homer / Decoration for a Cornice
XVIII century. Grey-brown wash, Pencil ground, White lead on yellow paper.Not on display
This drawing depicts a garden scene. Several people are grouped together around a pedestal on which the poet is seated, playing the zither. In the foreground on the right, two young men are seated, one of them holding a lyre.
It appears to be an illustration for a book and to accompany D2016.
On the verso is a decoration, in pen, of a cornice with garlands.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. III. Dibujos Españoles Siglo XVIII. C-Z, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, 1977, p.108
