Still Life with Statuary and Drapery

Hippolyte Bayard

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a still life with several sculptures. A curtain with a patterned design hangs behind and to the left of the sculptures. The curtain is draped in folds. The sculptures include a male nude figure on a pedestal to the left, a female figure with a cloth wrapped around her lower body to the right and slightly in front, a circular relief sculpture of two nude children above, a small cherub on a pedestal to the right, a rectangular relief sculpture in front, and a group of two female figures on a pedestal to the right. The sculptures appear to be made of stone or marble and are arranged on pedestals or bases. The background is dark. The overall color tone is sepia.