
Collection Online as of January 28, 2021
(French, 1752-1817)
Black chalk on tan wove paper
Sheet: 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.65
not on view
Martin Drölling was an accomplished portraitist, known for intimate depictions that revealed their sitters’ personalities. This drawing shows his daughter, Louise Adéone (1797–before 1831) wearing a fashionable dress and hat. The young woman meets the artist’s gaze directly and confidently, her features delineated by a combination of smooth lines and soft shading in charcoal.