Standing Servant Woman

1685

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder

Associated Names
Sébastien Le Clerc I

Artist, French, 1637 - 1714

The image shows an etching of a woman standing. She has her left hand on her hip and her right hand resting across her stomach. Her head is turned slightly to the right. She has long hair worn beneath a head covering. Her facial features are distinct, with a calm expression. She is wearing a long, loose dress with rolled-up sleeves, a buttoned front, and detailed texture indicating stripes on the skirt and a pattern on the bodice. She appears to be barefoot. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects. The background is minimal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.7 x 7.2 cm (4 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 998, State i/vii

  • Series Title

    Figures à la mode (plate 6)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1774

  • Jombert, Charles Antoine. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre de Sebastien Le Clerc. Paris: Charles Antoine Jombert, 1774: no. 205(17)

1939

  • IFF (1600): no. 998, i/vii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: S de Clerc f.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 205.17; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: EE504; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 6

Wikidata ID

Q76559134

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