Les Laveuses (The Laundresses)
1771
Artist, French, 1734 - 1781
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan in Honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli
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Dimensions
sheet: 33.1 x 23.2 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2009.81.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hedou 1879, no. 148
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Johann Nepomuk Seiler (1793 - 1876) (not in Lugt). (sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 27 May 2009, no. 235); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2009 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.
Bibliography
1879
Hedou, Jules. Jean Le Prince et son oeuvre. Paris: J. Baur Libraire, 1879: no. 148.
2021
Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 55, fig. 8.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: Le Prince 1771; by later hand, lower center of mount in brown ink: Le Laveuse; by later hand, lower center verso in brown ink: Le Prince fec / Manuel de Huber Tom VIII. pag 249. no 25
Wikidata ID
Q76441147