Costume Study for Opera Singer
1781
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1781
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Costume Study for Opera Singer is a 1781 by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a woman in an oversized, puffy white dress with blue and green floral patterns. Her skirt is huge, almost like a cloud, and her hair is piled high with curls. She’s pointing with one hand while holding a fan in the other, and her shoes peek out from under the dress. The outfit looks like something from a fancy performance—maybe a costume sketch for a singer. The artist drew it quickly, focusing on the shape and fabric rather than details. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
