Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris, 1851–52, Conté crayon and red chalk, heightened with white, squared in conté crayon, Sheet: 17 5/16 x 8 7/8 in. (43.9 x 22.5cm), Drawings, Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris), The flowing drapery worn by the model enhances the sense of movement in his pose as he twists his torso and leans weight on his back leg with spear in hand. Biennourry possibly used the grid to reposition his model and produce studies of the same scale
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Standing Soldier, Study, Chapel, Saints Peter, Paul, Church, Saint-Séverin, Paris, 1851–52, Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened, white, squared, conté, Sheet, 17 5/16 x 8 7/8, 43.9 22.5cm, Drawings, Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, French, Bar-sur-Aube, 1823–1893, flowing, drapery, worn, model enhances, sense, movement, pose, twists, torso, leans weight, back leg, spear, hand, Biennourry, grid, reposition, model, produce studies, scale
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