Three Young Artists in a Studio
about 1820
- Medium
- Black chalk with white chalk heightening and stumping, on beige paper
- Dimensions
- 29.8 × 36.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-199721
Louis-Léopold Boilly's depiction of three artists in a studio conveys the serious and dignified role that he ascribed to the profession. Boilly's harmonious use of black-and-white chalk on beige paper further underscores the subject's sobriety. The three fashionably dressed men, with their tousled hair and intense expressions, confront the viewer with a sense of their fierce commitment to their metier and to each other. In Boilly's numerous variations on this theme, artists are shown in their studios, engaged in discussion with fellow-artists and surrounded by the fruits of their labors. It is likely that Boilly's three sons, all of whom became artists, were the models for this sheet.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1820 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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