Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry French

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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 (see 2009.521.2) as he worked to determine the final costume and posture for this Roman soldier who features in the artist's mural decorations in the Church of Saint-Séverin.

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris, Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris), Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; squared in conté crayon

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Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris, Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris), Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; squared in conté crayon
Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris, Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris), Conté crayon, red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; squared in conté crayon

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