Title(s):
Study of two figures Two rough sketches of crouching man with hand to head and red chalk suggestion of leg or arm (study for Hagar?)
Maker:
Millet, Jean François; draughtsman; French artist, 1814-1875
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
School/Style:
French
Technique:
drawing (image-making)
Material(s):
red chalk; medium
white chalk; medium; ?
black chalk; medium; ?
graphite; medium
paper; support; stuck down
Technique
Description:
recto: red chalk, touched with white, some traces of black chalk, probably shining through from the verso, stuck down verso: graphite on paper
Dimension(s):
height, 172, mm
width, 236, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1937-03; Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Provenance:
from the collection of Alfred Sensier (1815-1877); G. Roberts; William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899); Charles Ricketts, R.A. (1866-1931) and Charles Shannon, R.A. (1863-1937); on loan to the Museum January 1933 - March 1937
Inscription(s):
; stamp; J.F.M. (Millet's studio stamp, after his death)
; frame, verso; label, ink; Ancienne Collection Alfr. Sensier
; frame, verso (now in artist's folder); label, ink; Donné en echange à Monsieur Babcock / 9 Dec, 1879 G. Roberts
Accession:
Object Number: 2125
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 6601; input: 2000-05-30; modified: 2009-06-23)
Permanent
Identifier:
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