Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry

1851–52 · Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; squared in conté crayon · Drawings and Prints

The flowing drapery worn by the model enhances the sense of movement in his pose as he twists his torso and leans weight on his back leg with spear in hand. Biennourry possibly used the grid to reposition his model and produce studies of the same scale (see 2009.521.2) as he worked to determine the final costume and posture for this Roman soldier who features in the artist's mural decorations in the Church of Saint-Séverin.

Artist

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry

Date

1851–52

Medium

Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; squared in conté crayon

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1991