Study of Hands (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso), 1700s. Pierre Lenfant (French, 1704-1787). Red and black chalk heightened with white chalk; sheet: x cm (7 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.). After Pierre Lenfant served as the official battlefield artist to King Louis XV in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748), he and his family were awarded a lifetime residence at the royal Gobelins Manufactory on the outskirts of Paris. This delicate study in colored chalks may depict a weaver pulling threads in the textile factory.

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