Description:
full profile portrait of a man seated on a chair, his proper right arm over the back of the chair, legs crossed, looking toward the right with head tilted

Label Text:
Label text for ARH 240 French and Italian Drawings Renaissance through Romanticism, written by Carol Kaminsky:

Winner of the first prize for figure drawing at the age of thirteen, Wicar made a multitude of similar unspecified sketches over the course of his career. He drew with a light but firm hand and minimal shading, leaving many areas unresolved as if the image were only a passing thought. A student of Jacques-Louis David, he embraced Neoclassicism, working successfully in France and Italy before and after the French Revolution. A knowledgeable art dealer, connoisseur, and collector, Wicar left 1300 drawings to his native city of Lille.

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