Young Woman at a Table Holding a Cup
Medium
Black and white chalks, with touches of red chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with margins in blue laid paper and pen and iron gall ink
Dimensions
Primary support: 46.2 × 44 cm (18 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 58.8 × 51.2 cm (23 3/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149541
Art Historical Context
François-Andre Vincent’s *Young Woman at a Table Holding a Cup* (1790) offers an intimate glimpse into late-eighteenth-century French draftsmanship. Created just before the height of the French Revolution, the drawing reflects the refined neoclassical taste that Vincent helped shape alongside contemporaries such as Jacques-Louis David. Although best known for large history paintings, Vincent was also admired for his sensitive portraits and figure studies executed in chalk. The work demonstrates the expressive possibilities of the medium: black and white chalks, accented with touches of red, a...