Portrait of a Young Man
Medium
Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper with blue fibers
Dimensions
38.5 × 27.5 cm (15 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
11895
Art Historical Context
Claude Jean Baptiste Hoin's *Portrait of a Young Man is a delicate chalk drawing that captures the subtle nuances of 18th-century portraiture. Hoin, a French artist active around 1750–1814, specialized in intimate likenesses using chalk and pastels, often depicting sitters from diverse social backgrounds during the turbulent era of the French Revolution. This undated work, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings Department, exemplifies his skill in rendering youthful features with lifelike tenderness on a modest 38.5 × 27.5 cm sheet. The medium—black chalk blended with st...