La Jeune Femme

1807

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist, French, 1755 - 1832

The image depicts three figures standing on a path in an outdoor setting. In the center is a young woman wearing a dress with floral decorations in her hair. To her left is an elderly man with white hair and a stern expression, wearing a tailcoat and holding a top hat. To her right is a younger man with dark hair and sideburns, elegantly dressed and also holding a top hat. In the background are trees, people in the distance, and a wooden fence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.7 × 39.7 cm (11 11/16 × 15 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.2 × 41 cm (12 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2169

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 198, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Moeurs et Ridicules du Jour

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Dessiné et Gravé par DeBucourt. 1807.; in plate, below image, at center: LA JEUNE FEMME / Deposé a la Bibliotheque Imp.al

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64961003

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