The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 14, 2024
Three Figures
18th century
Location: not on view
Description
Volaire’s sketch of two women with a child is an example of the numerous figure studies he executed on blue-gray prepared paper with black and white chalk. This drawing likely did not relate to a later painting, but instead seems to have been produced as a visual record of the artist’s creative experimentation.- Beck-Saiello, Emilie, and Pierre-Jacques Antoine Volaire. Pierre Jacques Volaire, 1729-1799: dit le Chevalier Volaire. Paris: Arthena, 2010. pp. 375-376, entry # DI.21
- {{cite web|title=Three Figures|url=false|author=Pierre-Jacques Volaire|year=18th century|access-date=14 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.48