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A portrait of a woman, sitting in a chair and drawing on paper.　

A portrait of a white woman, sitting in a wooden chair and drawing on paper. She is wearing a simple black dress and a red headband. She is smiling slightly and looking towards the viewer. She holds a large sketchbook in her lap and leans her arms against it. There is a piece of paper on top of the sketchbook, which the woman draws on with a red ink pen. She is posed in front of a solid tan background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42410.1
People
Marie-Gabrielle Capet, French (Lyon 1761 - 1818 Paris)
Title
Self-Portrait
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1790
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371232

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, red, and white chalk on light-tan antique laid paper
Dimensions
34 × 29.4 cm (13 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
frame: 52.7 × 58.4 × 3.8 cm (20 3/4 × 23 × 1 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Horvitz Collection, Wilmington, Del.
Object Number
TL42410.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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