Loading...
Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife
Click to view fullscreen

Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

ca. 1756–58

Medium

Black and white chalk and black ink on blue laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 18 x 11 5/8 in. (45.7 x 29.5 cm), irreg.

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Jeffrey L. Berenson Gift, 2004

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Arthur Devis

1712–1787Kingdom of Great Britain

Early specialist in the small conversation piece. His paintings are known for their doll-like charm and delicately detailed settings. Devis' works are of interest to social historians as his clientele was mostly from the newly prosperous middle class. Comment on works: Portraits; Figures in landscapes