A Man in a Turban Reading to a Young Woman

1774

Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder

Associated Names
Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder

Artist, German, 1741 - 1813

The image shows two figures from the waist up. The person on the left is positioned facing slightly towards the right, with their head tilted. This person has curly hair styled into an updo with ringlets hanging down and appears to be wearing an earring. They have a rounded face with a gentle expression and are wearing clothing with a ruffled collar. The second person, to the right, is seen in profile, wearing glasses. They are holding a quill or similar writing tool, pointing toward an open book with visible writing. The background is plain, focusing attention on the two figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 5.8 × 7.4 cm (2 5/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 6.5 × 7.8 cm (2 9/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.37.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel, Paris (died 1922) (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 2

Inscriptions

below image in plate: Dorner in et fec. Mon: 1774

Wikidata ID

Q77006198

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