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The image depicts a detailed drawing of three individuals from the waist up, arranged in a staggered formation. The central figure is a woman facing slightly downward with her eyes closed, adorned with a cloth covering her head. She wears a dark cloak fastened at the neck with a hand near her chest. To her left is a man in partial profile also looking down, wearing a head covering and simple garment. On the right is another man in profile with a prominent nose and facial hair, wearing a dark cloak and hands clasped together. The background features vertical lines suggesting an architectural setting, fading into a dark void behind them.
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The image depicts a detailed drawing of three individuals from the waist up, arranged in a staggered formation. The central figure is a woman facing slightly downward with her eyes closed, adorned with a cloth covering her head. She wears a dark cloak fastened at the neck with a hand near her chest. To her left is a man in partial profile also looking down, wearing a head covering and simple garment. On the right is another man in profile with a prominent nose and facial hair, wearing a dark cloak and hands clasped together. The background features vertical lines suggesting an architectural setting, fading into a dark void behind them.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baptism

Alphonse Legros

Date
c. 1870
Medium
etching
Dimensions
sheet: 39.9 × 29.6 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.45
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, 1927)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

NGA object ID 184858. 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.