Harvest Trophy
19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk, heightened with white. Pricked for transfer.
Dimensions
13 1/16 x 11 5/8in. (33.2 x 29.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.616.15
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Harvest Trophy" by Charlesblond, a 19th-century preparatory drawing, captures the bountiful essence of the harvest in intricate detail. Created with pen and brown ink, brush and brown, black chalk, and with white gouache, this sheet measures 13 1/16 x 11 5/8 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints as part of The Elisha Whitt Collection (1963), it exemplifies the meticulous draftsmanship of its era. The artwork's pricked edges reveal its practical purpose: it was designed for transfer, a technique where tiny holes along the contours allowed charcoa...
About the Artist
Charles Monblond · 1800–1900
**Charles Monblond**, a French painter and designer born in Paris, flourished during the mid- to late nineteenth century, capturing the ornate spirit of Second Empire decorative arts through his meticulous drawings and paintings. Residing at 9 Rue Marignan, he studied under M. Ch. Polisch, honing skills that blended floral still lifes with architectural ornamentation. In 1866, Monblond sought perm...