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Studies of Sheep

1860s

Jean-Ferdinand Chaigneau

Associated Names

Jean-Ferdinand Chaigneau

Artist, French, 1830 - 1906

The image shows two sketch drawings of sheep on a textured gray paper. The color palette is primarily shades of gray, suggesting a charcoal or pencil medium. The sheep are positioned as described, with two more faint outlines of sheep in the upper left area.

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Artwork overview

Medium

black and white chalk on gray laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christine Laba
Dimensions

sheet: 23.5 × 31 cm (9 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

2018.126.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York); Christine Laba, Arlington, VA, 2004; gift to NGA in 2018.

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Inscriptions

on verso in black chalk: abbreviated sketch of more sheep

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