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Cleveland Museum of Art166694landscapeMichel Dorigny (French, 1617–1665)1655–60(?)CC0cma sacred-art mythology design-assets ink-paper-impressions sacred art design assets ink paper impressions sketch drawing pencil renaissance figure male nude female figure classical italian art brown tones aged paper detailed drawing antique drawing study composition gesture anatomy studies angels recto panthea before cyrus versoMichel Dorigny (French, 1617–1665) 1655–60(?) France black chalk heightened with white chalk Drawing European MythologicalSacred & Devotional Myth & Metamorphosis The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions
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Studies of Angels (recto); Panthea before Cyrus? (verso) by Michel Dorigny (French, 1617–1665) (1655–60(?)). Bequest of Muriel Butkin Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.405
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Dorigny was the collaborator and son-in-law of Simon Vouet, the leading painter working in Paris in the mid-1600s. Their drawing styles are similar, and this sheet was once attributed to Vouet. However, the airy, floating drapery, firm contour lines, and regular parallel hatching lines are all typical of Dorigny's technique in black chalk. Although we do not know of a painting to which this drawing relates, the flying angels indicate that Dorigny had a religious subject in mind when he drew them.
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Two aged, brown-toned sketches depict scenes of mythological figures in dramatic poses, rendered in detailed pencil.
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