# Man with a Petrarch

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CLOUET, Jean](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Chalk drawing

## Commentary

In Clouet&#39;s drawings the modelling is achieved by a system of parallel diagonal shading strokes which break off where there is a light and begin again when there is a shadow. This simple method, which gives an almost geometrical quality to the modelling, is one used by Florentine artists in the Quattrocento and brought to perfection by Leonardo.

## Related artworks

- [François I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/franois-i-r74e7cc650ddebd>)
- [Guillaume Budé](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/guillaume-bud-r976f771dc8d6ad>)
- [Jean de la Barre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/jean-de-la-barre-r7a6623a89fcbb8>)
- [Madame de Lautrec](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/madame-de-lautrec-rfa640e1e76a750>)
- [Portrait of a Man Holding a Volume of Petrarch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-a-man-holding-a-volume-of-petrarch-r0cfc3cf62e605f>)
- [Portrait of an Unknown Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-an-unknown-man-rec7021a0fe5819>)
- [Portrait of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-claude-of-lorraine-duke-of-guise-r29706e351607a9>)
- [Portrait of François I as St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-franois-i-as-st-john-the-baptist-r291427f913b2e8>)
- [Portrait of François I, King of France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-franois-i-king-of-france-r087d58f9376069>)
- [Portrait of Jean de Dinteville, Seigneur de Polisy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-jean-de-dinteville-seigneur-de-polisy-r56ccfad357cc1b>)
- [Portrait of Madame de Canaples](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/portrait-of-madame-de-canaples-r764b500f99f4cc>)
- [The Dauphin François, Son of François I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/clouet-jean-r9eea8e6bc2a672/the-dauphin-franois-son-of-franois-i-ra10aa96a0e8f46>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)