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Old Woman Working

c. 1860

Augustin Théodule Ribot

Associated Names

Augustin Théodule Ribot

Artist, French, 1823 - 1891

The image shows a person standing with their back turned, leaning forward over a table. They are wearing a long garment with folds, positioned their hands on the table's surface. The background is minimally detailed, hinting at an interior setting with a partial panel or partition visible on the left side.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink on cream wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Carol Horvitz
Dimensions

sheet: 38.7 × 24.8 cm (15 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2016.180.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie La Scala, Paris); The Horvitz Collection, Boston, 1995 (inv. O-M-13); gift to NGA in 2016

Associated Names

Horvitz, Carol

Wikidata ID

Q64536978

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