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The image shows a woman seated at a small wooden table in a side profile, with her hands clasped and resting on the table. She has fair skin, an updo hairstyle, and wears a dress with long sleeves, decorative buttons, bows, and a cinched waist. The dress has dark and light tones, with a full skirt. She also wears a wide-brimmed hat with a large red decoration. The background is reddish with a green band at the bottom, and a shadow of the woman is visible.
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The image shows a woman seated at a small wooden table in a side profile, with her hands clasped and resting on the table. She has fair skin, an updo hairstyle, and wears a dress with long sleeves, decorative buttons, bows, and a cinched waist. The dress has dark and light tones, with a full skirt. She also wears a wide-brimmed hat with a large red decoration. The background is reddish with a green band at the bottom, and a shadow of the woman is visible.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Elegant Parisiènne Seated in a Café

Maxime Dethomas

Date
c. 1895
Medium
black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 73.03 × 54.13 cm (28 3/4 × 21 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.53.1.a
Credit line
Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • Hat
  • Shadow
  • Dress
Provenance

(Stoppenbach & Delestre, Ltd., London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Inscription

center left in chalk: M D

Watermarks

CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON-LES-ANNONAY

NGA object ID 166371. 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.