Three Figures with a Dog
Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau · probably 1800s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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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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- Maker
- Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741–1814)
- Date
- probably 1800s
- Medium
- Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes and traces of white gouache (brim of standing man’s hat)
- 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.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
