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A Lady Wearing a Dormeuse Cap

c.1770

Nicolaas Muys

Associated Names

Nicolaas Muys

Artist, Dutch, 1740 - 1808

The drawing shows a woman from the waist up, positioned at a slight angle. Her facial features are delicately sketched with a subtle smile and inquisitive eyes. She has styled hair in an updo, with curls framing her face, and wears a bonnet with lace and floral decorations. She is dressed in a modest neckline dress with lace trim. The background is minimal and softly shaded, highlighting the woman as the main focus.

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Artwork overview

Medium

red and black chalk on laid paper
Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Ivan and Winifred Phillips in Honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli
Dimensions

image: 18.7 × 15.5 cm (7 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 32.1 × 21.1 cm (12 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.) (folded along bottom)
Accession Number

2016.96.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Naumann, Otto

Watermarks

Pro Patria (similar to Churchill 86, 1757)

Wikidata ID

Q64618485

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