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The image shows a woman in a seated position, with her head turned slightly to the side. She has delicate features, fair skin, light brown eyes, and soft pink lips. She wears a decorative headscarf and attire with a ruffled collar and sleeves. A light material is draped over her shoulders with a lace-like texture. She is adorned with pearl earrings and a pearl choker necklace. The background is dark.
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The image shows a woman in a seated position, with her head turned slightly to the side. She has delicate features, fair skin, light brown eyes, and soft pink lips. She wears a decorative headscarf and attire with a ruffled collar and sleeves. A light material is draped over her shoulders with a lace-like texture. She is adorned with pearl earrings and a pearl choker necklace. The background is dark.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Elegant Young Lady with a Lace Cap

Pietro Rotari

Date
1750/1756
Medium
pastel on beige prepared canvas (on a strainer)
Dimensions
sheet: 46.8 × 36.1 cm (18 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.201.1
Credit line
The Ahmanson Foundation
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Hat
  • Portrait
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's London, 8 July 2015, no. 113); (via Stephen Ongpin, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

NGA object ID 204150. 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.