Soldier with Halberd
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions
3 5/16 x 1 7/8 in. (8.4 x 4.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession Number
50.605.45
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the intimate world of 18th-century French drawings, *Soldier with Halberd* a poised figure in meticulous detail. Attributed to Claude Gillot an anonymous French artist of the period, this undated work measures just 3 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches, suggesting it was a preparatory study or collector's sketch rather than a finished piece. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the era's fascination with military motifs, evoking the grandeur of soldiers amid France's turbulent history of wars and royal pageantry. Rendered in pen and brown ink with brush...
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History