Study of a Draped Figure

ca. 1736–39

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Red and white chalk, stumped, on blue prepared paper
Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (36.9 x 46.6 cm)
Collection no.: 2003.136
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jean François de Troy. Study of a Draped Figure. Jean François de Troy; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Sotheby's Inc. Gift and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2003. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study of a Draped Figure — Jean François de Troy. ca. 1736–39.

Medium: Red and white chalk, stumped, on blue prepared paper. Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (36.9 x 46.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Sotheby's Inc. Gift and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2003.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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