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Claude Jean Baptiste Hoin

An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue

1783
Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
40.8 × 27.7 cm (16.1 × 10.9 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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.

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