Study of Hands (recto)
1700s
Pierre Lenfant
Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704–1787)
Drawings
Study of Hands (recto), 1700s. Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704–1787). Red and black chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: 20.1 x 20.4 cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Victor Spark, New York 1946.447.a 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Lenfant, Pierre
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- red and black chalk heightened with white chalk
- Medium
- red, black, chalk, heightened, white
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20.1 x 20.4 cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: lower right, in graphite: lenfant
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1946.447.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of Victor Spark, New York
- Exhibitions
- Eighteenth Century Masterpieces, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition, Aspects of Drawing, French Drawings from the Collection, Stories From Storage, <em>Drawing: A Line of Departure.</em> Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH (October 12 - December 15, 1985); Kenneth C. Beck Center, Lakewood, OH (September 7 - November 3, 1986)., <em>17th and 18th Century Genre and French Drawings. </em>Cleveland Museum of Art (May 31 - August 19, 1979).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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