A Seated Soldier

Hippolyte Bellangé

Associated Names
Hippolyte Bellangé

Artist, French, 1800 - 1860

The image is a pencil drawing of a man from mid-thigh upwards. He is leaning back on his left hand while holding a stick with a string or strap attached in his right hand. The man's head is turned to his right, and he has a neatly trimmed beard and mustache. He is wearing a military-style cap, a high-collared shirt, and a jacket with epaulets on the shoulders. There are buttons running down the front of the jacket. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 x 24.5 cm (8 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.33.a

Associated Artworks

Detail of a Uniform Jacket

Hippolyte Bellangé

1800

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1984; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 173 (color)(recto only).

Wikidata ID

Q64574341

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