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Studies of Angels (recto)

1655–1660?

Michel Dorigny

(French, 1617–1665)
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Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
black chalk heightened with white chalk
Support
Beige laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 20 x 25.7 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.405.a
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Location
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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.
A horizontally oriented black chalk drawing on tan paper, heightened with white, features various sketches of angels. At our top right, a floating angel reaches toward the left. Below, a second angel reclines and gazes upward. A third angel is faintly sketched at our bottom right, while drapery floats in the upper left. White chalk highlights define the figures' limbs and garments, contrasting with the paper's textured surface.

Studies of Angels (recto)

1655–1660?

Michel Dorigny

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

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