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At age 20, Claude-Joseph Vernet traveled to Italy, where he remained for two decades, painting landscape views of the Roman countryside and stormy, imaginary seascapes for Italian aristocrats and wealthy French and British tourists. Vernet populated his paintings with contemporary figures based on sketches from life, such as the three shown here. Drawn at different times in different media, together they form an amusing glimpse of Italian street life in the 1700s.
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Document identity
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162721
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Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman
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drawing
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1
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162721
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drawing
title
Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman
description
At age 20, Claude-Joseph Vernet traveled to Italy, where he remained for two decades, painting landscape views of the Roman countryside and stormy, imaginary seascapes for Italian aristocrats and wealthy French and British tourists. Vernet populated his paintings with contemporary figures based on sketches from life, such as the three shown here. Drawn at different times in different media, together they form an amusing glimpse of Italian street life in the 1700s.
date
1700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79987674
creators
1986
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 12.4 x 12.7 cm (4 7/8 x 5 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
2003.265
Source extras
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red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman)
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Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman, 1700s. Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714–1789). Red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman); sheet: 12.4 x 12.7 cm (4 7/8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Nicholas J. Velloney, 2003.265
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
lower left, in graphite: 178 ; lower left, in graphite: 113
didYouKnow
Claude-Joseph Vernet was first trained as an artist by his father, who was an artisan specializing in carriage decorations.
creditline
Bequest of Nicholas J. Velloney
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2026-05-29 08:27:04.871000
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162721
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Drawings
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DR - French
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red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman)
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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