The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
Study of Hands (recto)
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.a
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This drawing is executed in a technique called trois crayons, referring to the three colors of chalk used by the artist. It was especially popular among artists in 18th-century France.Description
After Pierre Lenfant served as the official battlefield artist to King Louis XV in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), 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.- ?-1946Victor Spark [1898-1991], New York, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1946-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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