Sacrifice Offered before a Statue of Jupiter. Artist: Louis de Boullogne the Elder (French, Paris 1609-1674 Paris). Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (31.8 x 42.6 cm). Date: 17th century.Louis de Boullogne The Elder (French, Paris 1609-1674 Paris) travelled to Rome in 1631 where he stayed until 1637. There, he studied with Sebastien Bourdon, a painter whose influence can be felt in Boullogne's work. In 1648, Boullogne was one of the twelve founding members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he would attain the position of Professor in 1656. In this vigorous drawing, the artist used a strong ink line to emphasize the elegant contours of the figures, which he then heightened with thinned white gouache. The translucent white washes allow the free black chalk underdrawing to show through, adding to the appeal of the sheet. Figures draped and coiffed in a Roman style are arranged in a sober antique architectural setting, indicated only by two steps, a sacrificial alta