Etude du dessin (The Drawing Lesson)

1757

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas after Jean Siméon Chardin

Associated Names
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

Artist, French, 1707 - 1783

Jean Siméon Chardin

Artist After, French, 1699 - 1779

The image shows two men. One man is seated and sketching on a paper. He has distinct facial features with a prominent nose and tied-back hair. The other man is standing next to him, holding a rolled-up paper. The seated man wears a long coat and knee-length pants. The standing man wears a tricorn hat, a long coat, and knee-high socks. There is a sculpture of a seated male figure on a pedestal in the foreground. In the background, there is a plain wall with an oval frame. There is a small pot on a stand to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving and laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.5 × 33 cm (11 5/8 × 13 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 44 × 58.8 cm (17 5/16 × 23 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2155

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1876

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 3. Paris, 1879: 18 ii/ii.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 6, fig. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64958810

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