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Drawing and Composition

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Catherine L VanVoorhis
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 2:45 p.m.

32 Items in this Learning Collection
Visit to the Hospital
A woman sits on the edge of a bed in which a figure lays. A child stands next to the woman. A chair with a bag on it sits in the right bottom corner.
Collection Object
Girl on Stool
A nude woman sits on a stool, leaning against a wall, with legs crossed on the seat and hands resting on legs. The figure is truncated just above nose.
Collection Object
Seated Man
A man sits facing forward with his hands in his lap in the corner of a room surrounded by canvases.
Collection Object
Woman in Interior (Femme dans l'atelier)

Collection Object
Firelight
A woman seated in an armchair, facing towards the left, looks at the viewer. The background is dark but otherwise undescribed.
Collection Object
The Seamstress (La Couturière)

Collection Object
The Garden
Figures are seen seated out of doors around a table in a garden. The table is set with a tea and coffee service and cups and saucers; behind the figures is a screen of trees.
Collection Object
VII. LE SECRET - Cover sheet for printed musical composition (poem by Richepin s

Collection Object
Dancers Resting

Collection Object
Woman and Child; Seated Figure (on verso)

Collection Object
Seated Woman (Gerda Schilling)

Collection Object
The Action Painter

Collection Object
A Dream

Collection Object
Andernache
Line drawing that extends from upper left corner and down diagonally. Bottom Left corner has handwritten note that says " Andernache."
Collection Object
Figure Drawing

Collection Object
Lily
Study of a lily flower.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Dog-wood
Drawing of branch with flowers.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Dendrobium Fukuba, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
On the right half of the image, in the center, are three small pink blooms. On the left half in the slightly behind and above these are more unfinished blooms. This "sketch" form, indicates that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection.
Collection Object
Laeliocattleya General Maude var. Purple Glory, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Bright fuschia orchid on a light green background. The leaves are not colored in and are left in a "sketch" form, indicating that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection.
Collection Object
Brassocattleya Empress of Russia var. Oyamazaki, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Central is a large white blossom with yellow accent. Behind this bloom is another "sketched" blossom that is uncolored. This indicates that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection. Surrounding the lower halves of the blossoms are several green leaves.
Collection Object
Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
Collection Object
Souvenir d'Italie
Vertically orientated image with trees along a hil like sketching on the right side of the image. Two tree trunks and foliage are distinguishable in the foreground. To the left of the trees and in the bottom third of the image is a small church-like structure very faint compared to trees and land. There is a a cloud in the upper half of the left side of the image, just barely extending into the tree foliage.
Collection Object
Studio Interior with Bottles (L'atelier aux bouteilles)

Collection Object
Landscape in France

Collection Object
(Landscape)

Collection Object
Monhegan Sketches: Landscape with Trees
Image shows tree in the center of hill.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Monhegan Sketches: Landscape with Trees
Rocky hillside dotted with trees. <br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Seated Nude (Femme nue assise, la tête appuyée sur le main) no. 21 from the 'Vol

Collection Object
The Kitchen, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
A dark interior view is shown with a deep recessed space. At the end of the space is a window; the recessed space is full of reflected light and a woman is seen framed against the bright view out the window. Closer to the viewer, the foreground is filled with domestic objects: furniture on the left with vases stored on top; a wall rack with plates stored on the right and other objects with basins or pots below the plates.
Collection Object
Child's Head
A young child is seated facing out toward the viewer and looking to the right. The shading and details of the face are created with multiple pen strokes but the torso is suggested by just a few.
Collection Object
Paul Cezanne Sketchbook: Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago
This object is a facsimile reproduction of a sketchbook of drawings by Paul Cezanne which was published by Curt Valentin. Sketches range in topics, from figures to landscapes, and various objects. There are also various notes scribbled throughout.
Collection Object
Lion Attacking a Horse (recto), Study of a Seated Woman in a Landscape (verso)

Collection Object
32 Items in this Learning Collection
Visit to the Hospital
A woman sits on the edge of a bed in which a figure lays. A child stands next to the woman. A chair with a bag on it sits in the right bottom corner.
Collection Object
Girl on Stool
A nude woman sits on a stool, leaning against a wall, with legs crossed on the seat and hands resting on legs. The figure is truncated just above nose.
Collection Object
Seated Man
A man sits facing forward with his hands in his lap in the corner of a room surrounded by canvases.
Collection Object
Woman in Interior (Femme dans l'atelier)

Collection Object
Firelight
A woman seated in an armchair, facing towards the left, looks at the viewer. The background is dark but otherwise undescribed.
Collection Object
The Seamstress (La Couturière)

Collection Object
The Garden
Figures are seen seated out of doors around a table in a garden. The table is set with a tea and coffee service and cups and saucers; behind the figures is a screen of trees.
Collection Object
VII. LE SECRET - Cover sheet for printed musical composition (poem by Richepin s

Collection Object
Dancers Resting

Collection Object
Woman and Child; Seated Figure (on verso)

Collection Object
Seated Woman (Gerda Schilling)

Collection Object
The Action Painter

Collection Object
A Dream

Collection Object
Andernache
Line drawing that extends from upper left corner and down diagonally. Bottom Left corner has handwritten note that says " Andernache."
Collection Object
Figure Drawing

Collection Object
Lily
Study of a lily flower.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Dog-wood
Drawing of branch with flowers.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Dendrobium Fukuba, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
On the right half of the image, in the center, are three small pink blooms. On the left half in the slightly behind and above these are more unfinished blooms. This "sketch" form, indicates that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection.
Collection Object
Laeliocattleya General Maude var. Purple Glory, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Bright fuschia orchid on a light green background. The leaves are not colored in and are left in a "sketch" form, indicating that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection.
Collection Object
Brassocattleya Empress of Russia var. Oyamazaki, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
Central is a large white blossom with yellow accent. Behind this bloom is another "sketched" blossom that is uncolored. This indicates that this was one of the unfinished images from the collection. Surrounding the lower halves of the blossoms are several green leaves.
Collection Object
Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
Collection Object
Souvenir d'Italie
Vertically orientated image with trees along a hil like sketching on the right side of the image. Two tree trunks and foliage are distinguishable in the foreground. To the left of the trees and in the bottom third of the image is a small church-like structure very faint compared to trees and land. There is a a cloud in the upper half of the left side of the image, just barely extending into the tree foliage.
Collection Object
Studio Interior with Bottles (L'atelier aux bouteilles)

Collection Object
Landscape in France

Collection Object
(Landscape)

Collection Object
Monhegan Sketches: Landscape with Trees
Image shows tree in the center of hill.<br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Monhegan Sketches: Landscape with Trees
Rocky hillside dotted with trees. <br /><br /> Eva Caston 2017
Collection Object
Seated Nude (Femme nue assise, la tête appuyée sur le main) no. 21 from the 'Vol

Collection Object
The Kitchen, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
A dark interior view is shown with a deep recessed space. At the end of the space is a window; the recessed space is full of reflected light and a woman is seen framed against the bright view out the window. Closer to the viewer, the foreground is filled with domestic objects: furniture on the left with vases stored on top; a wall rack with plates stored on the right and other objects with basins or pots below the plates.
Collection Object
Child's Head
A young child is seated facing out toward the viewer and looking to the right. The shading and details of the face are created with multiple pen strokes but the torso is suggested by just a few.
Collection Object
Paul Cezanne Sketchbook: Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago
This object is a facsimile reproduction of a sketchbook of drawings by Paul Cezanne which was published by Curt Valentin. Sketches range in topics, from figures to landscapes, and various objects. There are also various notes scribbled throughout.
Collection Object
Lion Attacking a Horse (recto), Study of a Seated Woman in a Landscape (verso)

Collection Object

Copyright
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Child's Head

Accession Number
1947/2.3

Title
Child's Head

Artist(s)
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Object Creation Date
17th century

Medium & Support
pen and ink with crayon touches on cream laid paper

Dimensions
5 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in (14.6 cm x 9.5 cm);12 1/16 in x 9 9/16 in (30.64 cm x 24.29 cm);5 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in (14.6 cm x 9.5 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
Gallery Rotation Fall 2011
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
Italy, 1591–1666
Child’s Head
17th century
Pen and ink with crayon touches on cream laid paper
Museum purchase, 1947/2.3
Guercino was a masterful draftsman and this quick sketch of a young boy model shows the economy with which he drew a variety of marks that suggest different textures. The fine hatching that captures the smooth, youthful features of the face is contrasted with the freer lines of the hair and, finally, the broken, almost calligraphic lines suggesting the drapery. The work is infused with a sense of light and intimacy. A drawing such as this might have been intended as a study for a particular composition, but it is more likely that it was a life study for its own sake.

Subject matter
A quick sketch made from life, this drawing does not seem to have been a study for a particular composition as much as the chance to capture the sailent qualities of Guercino's young model. A rich variety of ink strokes define the different textures of smooth skin, unruly hair, and roughly defined garments. The summary treatment of the clothing contrasts with the smooth shading and mass that the artist gives to his sitter's featres, making this slight sketch into an economical and elegant examination of a young boy.

Physical Description
A young child is seated facing out toward the viewer and looking to the right. The shading and details of the face are created with multiple pen strokes but the torso is suggested by just a few.

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Primary Object Type
study

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
child
head
heads (animal components)

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