Study of a Woman Walking to the Right
1808–62
Medium
Graphite, white chalk, on light brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 9/16 in. (34.9 x 26.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
Accession Number
2008.632
Tags
Art Historical Context
Wilhelm Schadow’s “Study of a Woman Walking to the Right” captures a quiet moment of everyday motion with remarkable sensitivity. Created between 1808 and 1862 on light brown paper, the drawing combines graphite with delicate white chalk highlights to model the figure’s form and the subtle play of light across her clothing. This restrained palette allows the artist to focus on the gentle sway of fabric and the natural rhythm of a walking pose, turning a simple figure study into an exercise in grace and observation. As a leading figure of the Nazarene movement, Schadow valued precise line work...