Saturday, December 7, 2019

Red Chalk – French Drawings – 1750-1800

François-André Vincent
Study for Boreas abducting Orithyia
ca. 1782
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Woman Reading, viewed from the back
ca. 1775-85
drawing
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Vase on a Classical Pedestal
ca. 1784
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

follower of Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Ornamental Design with Flowers
late 18th century
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Seated Young Woman
late 18th century
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Portrait de Bergeret
ca. 1770-71
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
Portrait of Cellist Martin Berteau
before 1784
drawing
private collection

Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
Académie
before 1784
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Carle Vanloo
Dancing Faun
before 1765
drawing
British Museum

Carle Vanloo
Académie
before 1765
drawing
private collection

Carle Vanloo
Académie
before 1765
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hubert Robert
Arch of Titus, Rome
ca. 1755-65
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Hubert Robert
View of Villa Madama, Rome
ca. 1755-65
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Hubert Robert
Oval Fountain in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
1760
drawing
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Hubert Robert
Traveler looking at a Vase in the Garden of the Maronite Convent, Rome
1764
drawing
National Gallery of Canada