Young Woman Seated on a Bed
1764
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1764
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Young Woman Seated on a Bed is a 1764 by Louis-Marin Bonnet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a young woman sitting on a bed, nude, in a quiet room. She's relaxed, with her back against a pillow. The image looks like it was drawn with red chalk, but it's actually a printed image. It was made using a special technique to mimic chalk lines on textured paper. Check out the technique of chiaroscuro to learn more about how artists create depth and volume in their work.
