Study of a Soldier

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Artist: Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823–1893 Paris)
Date: 1851–52
Medium: Conté crayon, red chalk, and pastel, heightened with white, on pale buff paper; squared in conté crayon
Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 2009
Accession no.: 2009.521.2

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris
Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry
1851–52 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018293
A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde), Church of Saint-Eustache, Paris
Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry
1850–53 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019172

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.