Art Institute of Chicago
Figure Studies
George RomneyLinkedCulture matchlcp-d068a68746a6
- Date
- c. late 1770s
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream laid paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 112196
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This sheet of studies was removed from a sketchbook and shows the influence of ancient Roman sculptural reliefs. The two multi-figured scenes depict some form of ritual or sacrifice, the nature of which has not been convincingly identified. The large female figure on the left is a motif George Romney used numerous times in his society portraits, in which his subject is posed outdoors leaning on a plinth in classical dress. The vibrancy, immediacy, and rapid-fire execution of the drawing suggest that it was made after Romney’s two-year stay in Italy (1773–75).
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- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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