An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue
1783
Claude Hoin French, 1750-1817
France
Elegant and morally uplifting scenes like the one featured in this highly finished small painting in watercolor and gouache were highly desirable to French collectors in the years just prior to the French Revolution, especially as decorations for their private cabinets. Claude Hoin was a provincial artist who came to Paris to study with the moralistic artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper