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The image depicts three figures. The central figure is a man in 18th-century fashion, standing with his arms slightly extended. A woman reclines beside him, wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Another figure sits next to her. In the background, there is a person behind a table and a small sailboat in the water. A dog stands near the man. The setting includes trees and rocks, creating a serene atmosphere.
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The image depicts three figures. The central figure is a man in 18th-century fashion, standing with his arms slightly extended. A woman reclines beside him, wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Another figure sits next to her. In the background, there is a person behind a table and a small sailboat in the water. A dog stands near the man. The setting includes trees and rocks, creating a serene atmosphere.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Man and Two Women on a Rocky Shore

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Date
c. 1765
Medium
graphite on vellum
Dimensions
sheet: 14.6 × 19.6 cm (5 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2018.27.1
Credit line
Gift of Nicolas Schwed
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

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Provenance

(sale, Drouot, Paris, Auction Chayette Cheval, 3 July 2017; no catalogue); (Nicolas Schwed, Paris); gift to NGA, 2017.

NGA object ID 214105. 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.