The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 14, 2024
Study of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)
1700s
(French, 1704–1787)
Sheet: 20.1 x 20.4 cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Gift of Victor Spark, New York 1946.447
Location: not on view
Description
After Pierre Lenfant served as the official battlefield artist to King Louis XV in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748), he and his family were awarded a lifetime residence at the royal Gobelins Manufactory on the outskirts of Paris. This delicate study in colored chalks may depict a weaver pulling threads in the textile factory.- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).Aspects of Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 10-April 2, 1961).Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).Eighteenth Century Masterpieces. Society of the Four Arts (organizer) (December 12, 1952-January 4, 1953).
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