Three Figures
Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1802)
18th century
Medium
black and white chalk on blue-gray prepared paper
Dimensions
26.3 × 21 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2018.48
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Volaire’s sketch of two women with a child is an example of the numerous figure studies he executed on blue-gray prepared paper with black and white chalk. This drawing likely did not relate to a later painting, but instead seems to have been produced as a visual record of the artist’s creative experimentation.