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Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor)

c. 1851

Isidore Pils

(French, 1813/15–1875)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil, brown oil wash or ink wash, and black crayon
Support
Light brown wove paper lined with cream Japanese paper
Measurements
Sheet: 33.8 x 26.9 cm (13 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.361
Public Domain
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Description

This unfinished sketch is a study for Isidore Pils's painting Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor, which was inspired by an actual scene he witnessed in the center of Paris. Here the artist focused his attention on the youth's upper body and left the legs lightly sketched in, indicating that he must have executed the sketch after he had already worked out the larger composition (where the legs are obscured by a low wall).
A vertically oriented oil and brown oil wash drawing depicts a man with light skin tone leaning to our left over a teal ledge. With arms extended and palms open, he wears a dark cap, blue coat, and red necktie. While his upper body is painted against a mottled brown background, his lower half consists of black crayon outlines. Handwritten script is visible in the upper right and lower left corners.

Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor)

c. 1851

Isidore Pils

(French, 1813/15–1875)
France, 19th century

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