Médée, groupe moderne : Apollon Citharède, ouvrage grec : ce groupe et cette statue font partie de la collection de Mr de Montferrand
A lithographed plate book published in Saint Petersburg in 1850 by the French-born architect Auguste Ricard de Montferrand, documenting sculptures from his private collection for a learned audience. The three pictures show a standing draped figure of Medea, a crouching figure of her sons, and two nude Apollo Citharede statues with lyres, all rendered in fine graphite-toned line with soft shading. A designer could take from them the clean contour drawing of classical drapery and the restrained, quiet poses of marble statuary.
