Perseus and the Origin of Coral, ca. 1671, Black chalk, sepia and black ink, sepia and gray wash heightened with white, 10 x 12 13/16 in. (25. 4 x 32. 5 cm), Drawings, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee) (French, Chamagne 1604/5? ?1682 Rome), The rarely depicted subject of Perseus and the Origin of Coral is derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This drawing is one of seven known preparatory studies for one of Claude's most important late paintings: 'Coast View with Perseus and the Origin of Coral', four of which depict the entire composition