The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Sketchbook with Figure and Landscape Studies

c. 1760–75

François Hubert Drouais

(French, 1727–1775)
France, 18th century
Drawing in black chalk, brown ink wash, graphite and red chalk on antique laid paper in bound sketchbook
Overall: 19 x 12.1 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.249
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The inside cover of François Hubert Drouais’s sketchbook features a label for Au Chant de l’Alouette, the store where the artist purchased his materials.

Description

François Hubert Drouais was known primarily as a portraitist to the court of Louis XV, king of France. This sketchbook belongs to a pair in the museum’s collection that shows a more casual side of the artist’s practice. Its pages feature casual sketches including landscape, close studies of trees, children, and an artist drawing, revealing the subjects that interested the artist in his private hours.
  • François Hubert Drouais [1727-1775], Paris, France
    M. Goupil, Paris, France
    Papa Camille [?]
    July 6, 1976
    (Christie's, London, United Kingdom)
    1976-2008
    Muriel Butkin, Cleveland, OH
    December 2, 2019
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.249