Study of a Woman and Child
Sir Joshua Reynolds
1745–92
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000
Accession Number
2000.285
Tags
ChildrenWomen
About the Artist
Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was a British painter who became the dominant figure in eighteenth-century British art and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Born in Plympton, Devon, he studied under the portrait painter Thomas Hudson in London, and a transformative visit to Italy (1749–52) — where he studied the Old Masters, particularly the Venetian colorists and Michelangelo — sh...