Who created "Sailors and Women"?

Sailors and Women was created by Constantin Guys in 19th century.

When was "Sailors and Women" created?

This artwork was created 19th century.

What medium is "Sailors and Women"?

Sailors and Women is Pen and brown ink, gray and some black wash, over graphite.

Is "Sailors and Women" in the public domain?

Yes, Sailors and Women is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Sailors and Women

Constantin Guys

19th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, gray and some black wash, over graphite

Dimensions

6 7/8 x 9 3/16 in. (17.5 x 23.3 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.570

Tags

MenWomenSailors

Art Historical Context

Constantin Guys, a 19th-century French artist by poet Charles Baudelaire as the "painter of modern," captured the vibrancy of Parisian streets in swift, evocative sketches. *Sailors and Women a lively drawing from the mid-1800s, depicts an intimate encounter between uniformed sailors and women, evoking the bustling port life and fleeting social interactions of urban Europe. This intimate sheet (6 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.) hints at themes of leisure, romance, and cosmopolitan energy that defined Guys' oeuvre. Executed in pen and brown ink with gray and touches of black wash over graphite, the work sho...

About the Artist

Constantin Guys · 1802–1892

Constantin Guys, born Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin Guys de Saint-Hélène on December 3, 1802, in Vlissingen, Netherlands, to French parents François Lazare Guys and Elisabeth Bétin, spent his early years in a naval family that relocated to Calais around 1805. His early life is not well documented, with no records of formal art training, teachers, or schools; Guys appears to have been largely...

Sailors and Women

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