Portrait of a Mother and Child
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, over red chalk underdrawing, on beige paper
Dimensions
14 1/8 x 10 9/16 in. (35.9 x 26.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Van Day Truex and Mary Oenslager Funds, 2001
Accession Number
2001.122
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Art Historical Context
François André Vincent, a French Neoclassical artist active in the late 18th century, captures an intimate moment in *Portrait of a Mother and*. This undated drawing, executed in black chalk heightened with white chalk over a red chalk underdrawing on paper, exemplifies the preparatory techniques favored by artists of his era. Measuring 14 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches, it now resides in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, acquired through the Van Day Truex and Maryenslager Funds in 1. Vincent's skillful use of layered chalks creates soft, naturalistic modeling, particularly in renderin...
About the Artist
François André Vincent · 1746–1816
French painter and draughtsman. He was one of the principal innovators in French art of the 1770s and 1780s, in the field of both Neo-classical subjects and themes from national history. Comment on works: Portraits; History