An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 40.8 × 27.7 cm (16 1/8 × 10 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 47.5 × 34 cm (18 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- watercolor
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)black chalkpaintchalkgouacheprints and drawinginorganic materialwatercolorcoating (material)paper (fiber product)water-base paint
About
Elegant and morally uplifting scenes like the one featured in this highly finished small painting in watercolor and gouache were highly desirable to French collectors in the years just prior to the French Revolution, especially as decorations for their private cabinets. Claude Hoin was a provincial artist who came to Paris to study with the moralistic artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
