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Domenico Piola
The Pierides Transformed by the Muses into Magpiescirca 1690-1700

Not on view
Fan-shaped drawing in ink and gray wash on tan paper, depicting a nude central figure surrounded by draped figures in a landscape with a stone arch bridge below

Domenico Piola, The Pierides Transformed by the Muses into Magpies, circa 1690-1700, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Domenico Piola
Italy, Genoa, 1627-1703
Title
The Pierides Transformed by the Muses into Magpies
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1690-1700
Medium
Black chalk, brown ink, and gray wash, heightened with white
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 19 3/8 in. (27 x 49.2 cm) fan shaped
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
58.62.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.