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The drawing depicts a cloaked figure in profile standing in a cautious posture with their facial features and hands visible. The figure is in a graveyard with a person in the background looking startled. The scene is dimly lit with gravestones and a large building in the background.
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The drawing depicts a cloaked figure in profile standing in a cautious posture with their facial features and hands visible. The figure is in a graveyard with a person in the background looking startled. The scene is dimly lit with gravestones and a large building in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Man Fleeing from a Nun Praying in a Cemetery

Joseph Fay

Medium
graphite and gray wash on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 23.4 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2005.96.3
Credit line
Gift of John O'Brien
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • figure
  • Woman
  • Fabric
  • Man
  • Stone
Provenance

Unidentified collector JR or RJ? (not in Lugt). John O'Brien, New Haven; gift to NGA, 2005.

Inscription

by later hand, center verso in graphite: 1198 / Joseph Fay/Dusseldorf Durch franz Meyer mit [not deciphered] C.S. / [remainder not deciphered]; a 95521/Rx

NGA object ID 133500. 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.