Study for "Gil Blas and the Archbishop" (from Sketchbook of Figure and Landscape Subjects)
The execution of sketches and studies was a crucial part of Edmonds’s creative process. Many of his drawings exist as independent works--apparently never taken further--but many others represent an initial step in his conception for paintings. This sketchbook, which he began about 1838, includes both types of drawings of a variety of subjects.
The present work is a well-developed preparatory study for Edmonds’s oil painting of about 1849 “Gil Blas and the Archbishop.” The theme derives from Alain-René Lesage’s eighteenth-century French novel “Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane,” which Edmonds had read in a translation by the English picaresque novelist
The present work is a well-developed preparatory study for Edmonds’s oil painting of about 1849 “Gil Blas and the Archbishop.” The theme derives from Alain-René Lesage’s eighteenth-century French novel “Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane,” which Edmonds had read in a translation by the English picaresque novelist
Artwork Details
- Title: Study for "Gil Blas and the Archbishop" (from Sketchbook of Figure and Landscape Subjects)
- Artist: Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
- Date: ca. 1839
- Culture: American
- Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.8 x 21 cm)
- Credit Line: Sheila and Richard J. Schwartz Fund, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.196.3d
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
ca. 1838 and after
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ca. 1838 and after
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ca. 1838 and after
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ca. 1838 and after
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