Cleveland Museum of Art

Nuns

Anonymous

Date

mid-1800s

Medium

black and white chalk on gray laid paper

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

In this drawing, a group of young nuns gather to pray. The unknown French artist used white chalk to delicately highlight the central figure with clasped hands. The work suggests the new style and subject matter that proliferated throughout France during the mid-19th century when an emerging middle-class audience became interested in collecting art and viewing it in exhibitions such as the Paris Salon. This drawing’s anonymous artist used a combination of black and white chalk to create a dramatic pattern of highlights and shadows.

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