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The image shows a woman standing from the waist up. She is turned slightly to the side with her head tilted upwards, looking straight ahead. She has a pleasant expression with slightly parted lips and styled hair adorned with a flower or decorative piece. She wears an elegant, long dress with puffy sleeves, a high neckline, and a ruffled collar. The dress has a fitted bodice with a sash at the waist. She is holding a potted plant with blooming flowers. The background includes a stone balustrade and foliage, suggesting an outdoor setting.
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The image shows a woman standing from the waist up. She is turned slightly to the side with her head tilted upwards, looking straight ahead. She has a pleasant expression with slightly parted lips and styled hair adorned with a flower or decorative piece. She wears an elegant, long dress with puffy sleeves, a high neckline, and a ruffled collar. The dress has a fitted bodice with a sash at the waist. She is holding a potted plant with blooming flowers. The background includes a stone balustrade and foliage, suggesting an outdoor setting.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Young Woman Standing in a Park

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Date
c. 1770
Medium
chalk manner printed in red and black on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.8 x 26.6 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2006.90.1
Credit line
Phillips Family Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • genre
  • etching
Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: Dessiné par Le Prince Peintre du Roi; lower center in plate: A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur et Pensionnaire du Roi; lower righ tin plate: Gravé par Demarteau / No. 385; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 97 1587(?)

NGA object ID 135387. 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.