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The image shows the head and shoulders of a woman in a three-quarter view looking slightly to her left. Her facial features include large eyes, a straight nose, and full lips. Her hair is dark with a braid across the top, and she is wearing a bonnet or headscarf tied under her chin. She is not wearing visible jewelry or holding any objects. The background is plain.
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The image shows the head and shoulders of a woman in a three-quarter view looking slightly to her left. Her facial features include large eyes, a straight nose, and full lips. Her hair is dark with a braid across the top, and she is wearing a bonnet or headscarf tied under her chin. She is not wearing visible jewelry or holding any objects. The background is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Agnes von Felsen

Wilhelm von Kügelgen

Date
c. 1822
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 15.9 x 11.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2011.34.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • female
  • portrait
Provenance

(Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Inscription

lower center in graphite: Agnes von Felsen

NGA object ID 154624. 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.