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SILVER Seller in Milano, Italy
Pencil drawing by Ernest Christophe (Loches 1827 - Paris 1892) depicting a portrait of a little girl, 19th century. French sculptor trained with the master François Rude (Dijon 1784 - Paris 1855). He exhibited at the Salons where his 1876 Human Comedy sculpture was purchased and exhibited at the Jardin des Tuileries, then at the d'Orsay, finally restored and recently placed in the Louvre. Inserted in the intellectual environment of his time, a friend of writers and poets, he was a source of inspiration for his friend Charles Boudelaire, who dedicated to him the poem Danses macabres from the collection Les Fleurs du Mal as well as the poem La Mask. In this sheet, the artist shows the viewer the inside of a little girl's room, the scene is enclosed between two curtains that almost create a theatrical backdrop. With an immediate sign, the author reproduces a scene of family intimacy from life. The little girl is sitting on the bed, perhaps she has just woken up, her lively and frontal face seeks the viewer's gaze. The strength and essentiality of the stroke with which the furniture is designed contrasts with the care and sensitivity with which the expression of her face is rendered. The drawing, of remarkable mastery and freshness, is attributed to the French sculptor according to the indications present on the old assembly, now lost.
ID: 11318-1683730320-63237
