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Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

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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

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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

1712–1787 • Kingdom 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

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