Study of a Seated Woman
about 1730
- Medium
- Red chalk, on tan paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 × 16.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-207598
Jean-Baptiste Pater modeled this figure and her voluminous dress with short, hatched lines. The down-to-earth woman reflects his strong interest in Flemish painting and the Flemish enthusiasm for depictions of the everyday life of common people. Like his mentor Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pater filled notebooks with studies of figures in varied poses and costumes for later use in his paintings. Pater made this characteristic red chalk drawing as a study for a mother and child in a now-lost painting showing troops resting in the countryside.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1730 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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