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The image shows two figures from the waist up. The person on the left is positioned facing slightly towards the right, with their head tilted. This person has curly hair styled into an updo with ringlets hanging down and appears to be wearing an earring. They have a rounded face with a gentle expression and are wearing clothing with a ruffled collar. The second person, to the right, is seen in profile, wearing glasses. They are holding a quill or similar writing tool, pointing toward an open book with visible writing. The background is plain, focusing attention on the two figures.
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The image shows two figures from the waist up. The person on the left is positioned facing slightly towards the right, with their head tilted. This person has curly hair styled into an updo with ringlets hanging down and appears to be wearing an earring. They have a rounded face with a gentle expression and are wearing clothing with a ruffled collar. The second person, to the right, is seen in profile, wearing glasses. They are holding a quill or similar writing tool, pointing toward an open book with visible writing. The background is plain, focusing attention on the two figures.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Man in a Turban Reading to a Young Woman

Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder

Date
1774
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 5.8 × 7.4 cm (2 5/16 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 6.5 × 7.8 cm (2 9/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2014.37.3
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • courtship
  • genre
Provenance

François Heugel, Paris (died 1922) (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

below image in plate: Dorner in et fec. Mon: 1774

NGA object ID 163747. 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.