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Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman

1700s

Claude-Joseph Vernet

(French, 1714–1789)
Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman)
Measurements
Sheet: 12.4 x 12.7 cm (4 7/8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Nicholas J. Velloney 2003.265
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Claude-Joseph Vernet was first trained as an artist by his father, who was an artisan specializing in carriage decorations.

Description

At age 20, Claude-Joseph Vernet traveled to Italy, where he remained for two decades, painting landscape views of the Roman countryside and stormy, imaginary seascapes for Italian aristocrats and wealthy French and British tourists. Vernet populated his paintings with contemporary figures based on sketches from life, such as the three shown here. Drawn at different times in different media, together they form an amusing glimpse of Italian street life in the 1700s.
A square drawing on cream paper features disparate sketches in red chalk and brown ink. In the upper center, a faint black chalk sketch outlines a dog's head. Below left, a man in red chalk hunches over his hands. To the right, a woman in brown ink sits facing us with hands in her lap. These varied sketches function as separate figure studies loosely arranged across the paper's surface.

Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman

1700s

Claude-Joseph Vernet

(French, 1714–1789)
France, 18th century

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