Studies of a Draped Female Figure, Kneeling, Seen from the Back, for the East Transept of the Chruch of Sainte-Clothilde, Paris
1858
Medium
Charcoal (rubbed) and graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
11-3/4 x 8-1/2 in. (29.8 x 21.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 1998
Accession Number
1998.406.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri Lehmann's *Studies of a Drap Female Figure, Kneeling Seen from the Back*1858) is a delicate preparatory drawing for the grand decorations in the East Trpt of Paris's Church of Sainte-Clothilde, Gothic Revival masterpiece completed in the mid-19th century. As a of the esteemed Neoclassicist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, embodied the academic tradition of meticulous figure studies, capturing the fluid folds of drapery on a kneeling woman—likely an allegorical or saintly figure destined for a monumental mural. This intimate sheet, now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, reveals the artist's...
About the Artist
Henri Lehmann
French, Kiel 1814–1882 Paris