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The image shows a watercolor painting of a still life with a yellow fabric draped in the center and a rose in a glass vase on a wooden surface. The color palette includes dark and earthy tones, with the yellow and pink rose contrasting against the brown and dark green surroundings. The vase with the rose is placed centrally on the yellow fabric, with a stack of blue and white books underneath on the table in the lower middle of the composition. The background displays textured dark brown and green hues.
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The image shows a watercolor painting of a still life with a yellow fabric draped in the center and a rose in a glass vase on a wooden surface. The color palette includes dark and earthy tones, with the yellow and pink rose contrasting against the brown and dark green surroundings. The vase with the rose is placed centrally on the yellow fabric, with a stack of blue and white books underneath on the table in the lower middle of the composition. The background displays textured dark brown and green hues.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Corner of a Studio

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Medium
watercolor on wove paper, laid down on cardboard
Dimensions
sheet: 24.8 x 34.6 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.126.1
Credit line
Gift of David E. Rust
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • still life
  • still
  • Realist
Provenance

David Rust, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

lower left in watercolor: hh

NGA object ID 150590. 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.