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The image shows a woman in a leaning stance, with long hair and a flowing gown. She is barefoot and wearing a necklace with a cross pendant. She is positioned in a rocky, cave-like setting with soft lighting highlighting her figure.
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The image shows a woman in a leaning stance, with long hair and a flowing gown. She is barefoot and wearing a necklace with a cross pendant. She is positioned in a rocky, cave-like setting with soft lighting highlighting her figure.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Agnès Entering a Grotto

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

Date
c. 1790/1800
Medium
black chalk with touches of white chalk and charcoal(?) on laid paper, laid down on a decorative mount
Dimensions
sheet: 13 × 90 cm (5 1/8 × 35 7/16 in.) mount: 17.7 × 14 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2021.53.6
Credit line
Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Rock
  • Wall
Provenance

(sale, Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 24 March 2006, no. 112); Jeffrey Horvitz, Beverly Farms, MA; gift to NGA, 2021.

NGA object ID 223879. 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.