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Studies of Angels (recto); Panthea before Cyrus? (verso)

1655–60?

Michel Dorigny

(French, 1617–1665)
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Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
black chalk heightened with white chalk
Measurements
Sheet: 20 x 25.7 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.405
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Description

Dorigny was the collaborator and son-in-law of Simon Vouet, the leading painter working in Paris in the mid-1600s. Their drawing styles are similar, and this sheet was once attributed to Vouet. However, the airy, floating drapery, firm contour lines, and regular parallel hatching lines are all typical of Dorigny's technique in black chalk. Although we do not know of a painting to which this drawing relates, the flying angels indicate that Dorigny had a religious subject in mind when he drew them.
Two separate chalk drawings on tan paper depict classical scenes. On the left, a vertical sketch shows a crowned figure seated under a draped canopy, surrounded by several attendants. To the right, a horizontal composition portrays a winged figure in flowing robes floating over a reclining person looking upward. White highlights and fine hatching define the muscular forms and billowing drapery against the textured paper background.

Studies of Angels (recto); Panthea before Cyrus? (verso)

1655–60?

Michel Dorigny

(French, 1617–1665)
France, 17th century

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