A pastel, The Young Student after Francois-Hubert DROUAIS, 19th century
A pastel, The Young Student after Francois-Hubert DROUAIS, 19th century
2.700,00 €
This work depicts The Young Student, one of the most iconic subjects attributed to Hubert François Drouais.
The copy presented here is a 19th-century pastel, based on Drouais's model. Faithful to the spirit of the original.
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| Dimensions | 36 × 46 cm |
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An 18th-century French painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727–1775) established himself as one of the most refined portraitists of his time.
A student of François Boucher, he distinguished himself with portraits imbued with grace and naturalness, in which elegant poses were combined with a gentle expression.
This subject is perfectly in line with Drouais's strength: portraits of children and young adolescents.
Through The Young Student, he developed a new iconography for his time, in which children were no longer simply idealized little adults, but sensitive, attentive beings captured in a moment of intimacy.