Hatim95
at 2015-09-26 03:42:29 UTC
Okay...first of all, this is a nice sentence
Secondly, the target isn't the picture (絵) , its the man's ideal (理想) that is drawn in the picture (literally). The picture is just "a way" or "a place" (that is why に is used).
Sorry if this have sounded complicate, but you might say it in a different way 「絵で理想を描いたような男性だった。」
xnplater
at 2015-09-29 12:20:52 UTC
you can say it ｢理想を描いたような男性｣. ｢絵に｣ just defines where he draw this.
僕は友達にプレゼントをあげる
僕はプレゼントを友達にあげる
same meaning, just word order is different
SenseiHanzo
at 2015-10-08 18:29:38 UTC
Just want to clarify that there isn't any actual "picture" in this sentence; it's a metaphor for how perfectly the man matches the unnamed other person's ideals. It's like saying "The man was so perfect it was as if someone had taken [her/his/my] ideal guy and painted a picture of them."
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grammer question
if 「絵」is the target of 「描く」,then why there is a 「を」after 「理想」？