There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color darkkhaki dimgrey darkolivegreen darkolivegreen or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

-0001

1984

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Apollo in his Chariot Transforms Night into Day

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet and manufactured by Oberkampf & Cie.. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is pen and brown (bistre) ink, brush and gray wash, pale orange watercolor, black chalk [?] on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mia N. Weiner.

Its dimensions are

27.3 x 92.2 cm (10 3/4 x 36 5/16 in. ), image 33.3 x 97.5 cm (13 1/8 x 36 15/16 in.), sheet

It is signed

On fragment of old mat stored with this object, in pen and black ink: Dessin de J.B. Huet destiné à servir de modèle pour la décoration des toiles de la Fabrique de Jouy.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower margin, center: [unreadable]; verso: inscribed in graphite, along right edge: W [?] lin [?]/45-108/pour [?] cadre/B...bleuté art...que [?]; in pen and brown ink, lower right corner, up-side down: N° 2 [underlined]. On fragment of old mat stored with this object, in pen and black ink: Dessin de J.B. Huet destiné à servir de modèle pour la décoration des toiles de la Fabrique de Jouy.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Apollo in his Chariot Transforms Night into Day; Designed by Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (French, 1745 - 1811); Manufactured by Oberkampf & Cie. (France); France; pen and brown (bistre) ink, brush and gray wash, pale orange watercolor, black chalk [?] on cream laid paper; 27.3 x 92.2 cm (10 3/4 x 36 5/16 in. ), image 33.3 x 97.5 cm (13 1/8 x 36 15/16 in.), sheet; 1984-97-1

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18803591/ |title=Drawing, Apollo in his Chariot Transforms Night into Day |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=25 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>