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The image shows a woman sitting in a wooden chair in a side-facing position. She has turned her head slightly towards the viewer. The woman is elegantly dressed in a long gown with ruffled cuffs and a ruffled hem. She has delicate facial features, styled hair, and holds something in her left hand. There is a table on her left with a mirror and a decorative item. The background features subtle horizontal lines.
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The image shows a woman sitting in a wooden chair in a side-facing position. She has turned her head slightly towards the viewer. The woman is elegantly dressed in a long gown with ruffled cuffs and a ruffled hem. She has delicate facial features, styled hair, and holds something in her left hand. There is a table on her left with a mirror and a decorative item. The background features subtle horizontal lines.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Seated Young Woman Holding a Letter

Giovanni David

Date
c. 1775
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.5 × 9.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 28 × 20.5 cm (11 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2014.37.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • etching
Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Inscription

lower right in plate: David in f.

NGA object ID 163746. 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.