Girl Carrying a Basket of Fruit

1770

Salomon Gessner

Associated Names
Salomon Gessner

Artist, Swiss, 1730 - 1788

The image features four nude individuals in a natural outdoor setting. The person on the left is standing upright on a raised surface, holding an object resembling a container or pot and leaning slightly toward the seated group. The seated figure in the center, with long wavy hair, looks toward the standing figure. Another individual, likely with their hair pulled back, is assisting the seated person. The last individual, sitting on a flat surface, has long hair cascading down their back and interacts with the center seated person. Dense foliage surrounds the scene, suggesting a forest with tall trees overhead and a body of water visible to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.9 x 18.4 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 28 x 38.4 cm (11 x 15 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.100.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 25

  • Series Title

    Idyllic Landscapes with Mythological Figures, plate 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Leemann-Van Elck, Paul. Salomon Gessner: Dichter, Maler und Radierer, 1730-1788. Zurich, 1930.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: S. Gessner inv. et f. 1770.; lower right in plate: 3.; by later hand, upper right in graphite: (27/10p)

Wikidata ID

Q75430123

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