Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.

The Neophyte

Artist Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)

Dateca. 1869

MediumPen | Ink | Pencil | Laid Paper

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (18.4 x 11.4 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number83.358

Terms

Religious
Monks
Men
Brown
Black

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a pen and brown ink over traces of pencil on laid paper drawing which is a study for the painting THE NEOPHYTE (TCM 71.2061). THE NEOPHYTE features a young Carthusian novice (a newly admitted monk) who has taken his vows somewhat hastily and is beset with misgiving. Seated in chapel among his fossilized elders, he stares out at the viewer, his eyes full of loneliness and alienation.

Label TextGustave Doré French, 1832-1883 The Neophyte, ca. 1869 Pen and brown ink over traces of pencil on laid paper, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (18.4 x 11.4 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Museum purchase 83.358