Friday, December 6, 2019

Red Chalk – French Drawings – 1700-1750

François Lemoyne
Study of Valet pouring Wine
ca. 1723
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Lemoyne
View of Rome
1724
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Nicolas Lancret
Standing Figure extending a Greeting
ca. 1715-25
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Bernard Picart
Bending Figure (Drapery Study)
1711
drawing
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bernard Picart
Ancient Gem with Bacchus and Ariadne
ca. 1722-23
drawing
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bernard Picart
Académie
1723
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Carle Vanloo
Académie
ca. 1740-50
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

François Boucher
Fallen Huntsman
ca. 1736
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

François Boucher
Vinegar Seller
1736
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

François Boucher
Study for Eraste in Molière's Le Dépit Amoureux
1734
drawing
British Museum

François Verdier
Kneeling Woman
before 1730
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Edmé Bouchardon
Design for Fountain in Niche
ca. 1735
drawing
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Design for Decorative Panel
ca. 1710-15
drawing
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Study for The Feast of Love
ca. 1717
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Painter seated at his Easel (possibly Claude Audran)
ca. 1709
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago