1760
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Little Girl with a Large Basket is a 1760 chalk by Hubert Robert, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a young girl holding a big basket on her arm. She’s dressed in a simple dress and a cap, standing sideways with one foot slightly ahead. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a quick study—no fancy details, just the basic shapes. The paper has a textured look, with some faint marks showing it’s old. The artist used only black chalk, so the whole thing is in shades of gray and white. Next, check out the technique: chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow work in drawings like this.
Hubert Robert (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.
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