Study of a Soldier

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry

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

In this study for a Roman soldier, the artist focuses attention on the subtle modeling of the musculature of the arm while also exploring the chromatic effects of the ocher and blue pastels with red chalk. Biennourry possibly used the grid to reposition his model and produce studies of the same scale (see 1991.111) as he worked to determine the final costume and posture for this figure who features in his mural decorations in the Church of Saint-Séverin.

Artist

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry

Date

1851–52

Medium

Conté crayon, red chalk, and pastel, heightened with white, on pale buff paper; squared in conté crayon

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 2009