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Henri-Pierre Danloux

Woman in Profile, Turned to the Left

1784
Charcoal and black chalk with stumping on off-white laid paper, signed in brown ink

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Danloux worked in Lyon from 1783 to 1784, specializing in profile portraits. Based on the date inscribed on the drawing, this unidentified young woman may have been a member of the aristocracy in that city. Danloux combined black lines with stumping—a method of blurring the powdery drawing media with a tightly rolled piece of cloth or leather—to achieve a greater range of textures and tones.

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