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Face in Profile (verso)
by Paul Baudry
About the Artwork
When Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry was commissioned to create the ceiling paintings for the Grand Foyer of the new Paris Opéra in 1864, for inspiration he visited the Sistine Chapel frescoes by Michelangelo—completed more than 300 years earlier. This drawing depicts the god Apollo from behind, intended for a scene in which Apollo points to the satyr Marsyas, with whom he held a musical competition. The pose and figure type recall Michelangelo’s monumental sculpture of David, which Baudry would have also seen on his Italian journey.
Provenance
William K. Bixby, St. Louis (according to Shepherd Gallery). [Morin Vassar, Paris (according to Shepherd Gallery)]; [purchased in 1975 by Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1976.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Paul Baudry (French, 1828–1886)
- Date
- late 1860s
- Medium
- pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.7 x 20.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2008.373.b
More by Paul Baudry in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011606
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