Description:
woman in flowing dress seated in a chair holding cross in proper left hand before her face, proper right arm extended on wall
Label Text:
Label text for ARH 240 French and Italian Drawings Renaissance through Romanticism, written by Sara Ottomano, class of 2015:
This red chalk drawing is a specific type of work called a counterproof. A counterproof is a reversed impression taken from a fresh red chalk drawing by pressing it against a dampened sheet of paper. The figure of a mournful, seated woman clutching the bed of a sickly man and holding a crucifix to her forehead is connected with Greuze’s painting of The Punished Son (below). Apparently the public found this figure too overly dramatic: after the first exhibition of the painting, Greuze painted out the crucifix due to negative reactions.
Tags:
women; costume; religion; Christianity Link to share this object record:
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