DrawingsFrench17th century

Kneeling Woman

c. 1640

Artists

Simon VouetArtist

Description

The kneeling woman is shown from the rear in a three-quarter view to the left, represented from below. The post of the figure—head upturned and left arm extended—convey an attitude of rapt attention. The sole of the left foot is exposed beneath voluminous draperies. There is a monumentality of this single figure, heightened by the foreshortening and pyramidal form.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper covered with blue wove paper, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.2 x 37.4 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right, black ink, as of 1978); Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.603

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