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Three Figures
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Three Figures

Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1802), artist · 18th century · black and white chalk on blue-gray prepared paper

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Volaire’s sketch of two women with a child is an example of the numerous figure studies he executed on blue-gray prepared paper with black and white chalk. This drawing likely did not relate to a later painting, but instead seems to have been produced as a visual record of the artist’s creative experimentation.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineThree Figures, 18th century. Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1802). Black and white chalk on blue-gray prepared paper; sheet: 26.3 x 21 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.48
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