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The image shows an artistic depiction of a woman standing, angled slightly to her right. She has a defined profile and dark hair partially covered by a white headscarf. She wears traditional attire with earthy tones and decorative patterns, holding a small object in her left hand. The background is minimal and blurred, emphasizing the subject.
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The image shows an artistic depiction of a woman standing, angled slightly to her right. She has a defined profile and dark hair partially covered by a white headscarf. She wears traditional attire with earthy tones and decorative patterns, holding a small object in her left hand. The background is minimal and blurred, emphasizing the subject.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Neopolitan Beggar

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews

Date
c. 1892
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25.56 × 16.35 cm (10 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.2609
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III [Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter], 1976)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • female
  • figure
  • Beggar
Provenance

Mrs. Armistead Peter, III (Caroline Ogden-Jones), Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1976; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in graphite: A Neopolitan / Beggar -

Watermarks

J WHATMAN / 1889

NGA object ID 181133. 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.