Study for Saint Gervasius
Catalogue
- Year
- 1647
- Medium
- Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. (42.9 x 26.2 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Eustache Le Sueur
Artist
Painting
Eustache Le Sueur was a French painter of the 17th century active in Paris, where he developed a distinctive approach to religious and historical narrative painting. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he is distinguished by his restrained color palette, classical composition, and psychological clarity in depicting biblical and allegorical subjects. His work bridges the dramatic intensity of Baroque tradition with a more measured, contemplative sensibility that would influence French academic painting.
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- Eustache Le Sueur
- Year
- 1647
- Medium
- Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. (42.9 x 26.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1647-T004284
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified