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A drawing of a seated woman spinning thread.

The drawing in graphite on white paper depicts a woman seated center-page facing the viewer; her head turned to the right in profile. She wears a plain sleeveless dress gathered at the shoulders with circular brooches. To the right of the page is a spinning mechanism: a tall ornamental column topped with a narrow dowel. She guides thread from a mass of fibers at the top of the dowel with her left hand. The thread crosses her torso into her right hand, where she turns it onto a spool. There is written script at the bottom center of the page.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.18
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Clotho Spinning
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Female Figure Spinning
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1809
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297122

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on thin white wove paper.
Dimensions
actual: 15.9 x 10.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.18
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 210, repr.

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