Study of a Draped Figure
ca. 1736–39
Medium
Red and white chalk, stumped, on blue prepared paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (36.9 x 46.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Sotheby's Inc. Gift and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2003
Accession Number
2003.136
Tags
About the Artist
Jean François de Troy · 1679–1752
Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752) was born in Paris into a family of artists, the son of the esteemed portrait painter François de Troy, under whom he first studied. After failing to secure the Prix de Rome, he traveled to Italy from 1699 to 1706 at his father's expense, residing initially at the French Academy in Rome and visiting northern Italian cities, where he absorbed influences from masters...