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The image depicts the side profile of a woman seated with bent legs. She has delicate facial features, styled curly hair adorned with flowers and ribbons, and is wearing a dress with short sleeves and flat slippers. The background is plain with shading.
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The image depicts the side profile of a woman seated with bent legs. She has delicate facial features, styled curly hair adorned with flowers and ribbons, and is wearing a dress with short sleeves and flat slippers. The background is plain with shading.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Seated Young Woman Wearing a Fashionable Hat

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Date
1800/1803
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 34.2 x 21.8 cm (13 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.116
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Flower
  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • Hat
  • Dress
Provenance

Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (1676 - 1747) or Herzog Leopold Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau (1740 - 1817) (Lugt 1708b). Einsiedel Collection. Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, June 4, 1993, lot 5424. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 139271. 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.