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The image shows a pencil sketch of a man and a woman standing side by side, viewed from behind. The man is on the left, with a slight bend in his right arm. He wears a top hat, knee-length coat, trousers, and knee-high boots. The woman stands on the right, leaning slightly forward, holding a closed parasol. She wears a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon, a long dress with a fitted bodice and full skirt, and flat shoes. The background is plain.
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The image shows a pencil sketch of a man and a woman standing side by side, viewed from behind. The man is on the left, with a slight bend in his right arm. He wears a top hat, knee-length coat, trousers, and knee-high boots. The woman stands on the right, leaning slightly forward, holding a closed parasol. She wears a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon, a long dress with a fitted bodice and full skirt, and flat shoes. The background is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Fashionable Couple Seen from Behind

Philibert d'Amiens de Ranchicourt

Date
c. 1810
Medium
black and white chalk on yellow paper
Dimensions
overall: 59.2 x 45.2 cm (23 5/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2001.15.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • genre
  • Costume
Provenance

(sale, Etude Tajan, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 April 1997, no. 202); (Galerie de Loës, Geneva); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 104114 / (not deciphered); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 104114 / (not deciphered)

Marks

lower left: signature stamp of the artist (not in Lugt)

NGA object ID 117990. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.