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The drawing shows a woman from the waist up, positioned at a slight angle. Her facial features are delicately sketched with a subtle smile and inquisitive eyes. She has styled hair in an updo, with curls framing her face, and wears a bonnet with lace and floral decorations. She is dressed in a modest neckline dress with lace trim. The background is minimal and softly shaded, highlighting the woman as the main focus.
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The drawing shows a woman from the waist up, positioned at a slight angle. Her facial features are delicately sketched with a subtle smile and inquisitive eyes. She has styled hair in an updo, with curls framing her face, and wears a bonnet with lace and floral decorations. She is dressed in a modest neckline dress with lace trim. The background is minimal and softly shaded, highlighting the woman as the main focus.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Lady Wearing a Dormeuse Cap

Nicolaas Muys

Date
c.1770
Medium
red and black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 18.7 × 15.5 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 32.1 × 21.1 cm (12 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.) (folded along bottom)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2016.96.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Ivan and Winifred Phillips in Honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Hat
  • Portrait
Provenance

(Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Watermarks

Pro Patria (similar to Churchill 86, 1757)

NGA object ID 206667. 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.