Back View of a Roman Servant Boy
A black chalk drawing shows a young boy seen from behind, standing with his hands on his hips. He wears a short jacket belted at the waist, close-fitting trousers, and tall boots with turned-down tops, set against a pale sheet. The hatching is loose and quick, concentrating detail on the jacket folds, the tousled hair, and the boots.
Look closer: A small sketched chalk mark of the boy's left hand near the hip edge and faint ground line under the feet.
- Artist
- François André Vincent
- Date
- 1771–75
- Medium
- Black chalk
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2037 × 3850 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1775).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. and Howard J. and Saretta Barnet Gifts, 1985