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Une lecture
Artist:
Date:
early 19th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Image: 185 x 147 mm (7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 271 x 171 mm (10 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.1545
Acquisition Date:
1935-04-26
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Exhibition History:
CPLH, The Age of Revolution, 1789 - 1821, 1 April - 29 May 1989.
Bird whispers in the ear of woman whose eyes are closed, as if she’s listening intentely/deep thought. She’s wearing an exquisite, high-waisted dress and headscarf. Elegant room furnishings: upholstered chair with reclining nymphs, rams’s head centerpiece bowl with flowers on window sill, drape backdrop.