# Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day

- By: Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848-1894)
- Date: 1877
- Medium: Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 30.2 × 46.5 cm (11 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by the Jentes Family Foundation
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/210484)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/bb330849-a1d7-78df-ac85-e0295c3a448c/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This preparatory drawing seems to have been freely sketched on the spot before being laid out in the studio with a straightedge and compass to regularize the perspective lines.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0