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Three Figures with a Dog
Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741-1814)probably 1800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
An accomplished draftsman in eighteenth-century France, Moreau the Younger produced numerous designs for book illustrations of which this may be an example. In this scene a woman directs the hand of a man as he writes. Raising her left hand, she gestures to the solider to remain at a distance while the small dog reacts to this peculiar encounter.
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- Title: Three Figures with a Dog
- Creator: Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741-1814)
- Date Created: probably 1800s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 14 x 9.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 7.9 x 4.9 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.216
- Medium: Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes and traces of white gouache (brim of standing man’s hat)
- Inscriptions: verso, center, in graphite: Moreau, verso of backing, lower center, encircled and written in graphite: 12, partial sticker on verso of backing, in blue ink: No (torn off) / Moreau le jeune
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 18th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2017.216
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