Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing
Claude-Joseph Vernet
1701 to 1725
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12.8 x 23.3 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession Number
2009.70.240
About the Artist
Claude-Joseph Vernet
Claude-Joseph Vernet and his direct descendants are the last representatives of the Avignon School which had provided a continuous line of artists since the 14th century. It originated at the time when Bernard de Goth, Archbishop of Bordeaux, became pope in the name of Clement V and transferred the seat of the papacy to Avignon where he established an influential artistic community. Comment on wor...