Three Figures
Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1802)
18th century
Medium
black and white chalk on blue-gray prepared paper
Dimensions
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Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2018.48
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.