Cleveland Museum of Art

Study Sheet

Date

c. 1870–80

Medium

pen and dark brown ink, watercolor with graphite on lightweight wove paper

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Alfred Dohodencq was a prolific draftsman, often combining multiple sketches on a single page as seen here. At right, an intimate sketch of a boy—perhaps the artist’s son—appears in watercolor, alongside a cavalier drawn in pen and ink. Over the man and his horse, the artist lightly penciled in a face with closed eyes, perhaps reusing the sheet for another composition. Dehodencq used drawing as a means to record his travels throughout France, Spain, and Morocco.

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