Two Seated Ladies

Nicolas Lancret

Associated Names
Nicolas Lancret

Artist, French, 1690 - 1743

The image shows a rough sketch of two seated figures. Both figures are shown from head to feet. The person in the foreground is slightly turned to the side, leaning back with their legs extended forward and crossed at the ankles. Their facial features are indistinct, and the hair appears short and textured. This figure wears a flowing garment with folds around them and holds a folded fan. Behind and slightly to the left of this person, a second figure is seated with an arm raised toward their face. This figure's facial features and hair are also not clearly defined. The person appears to be wearing a similar flowing garment. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 16.7 x 20.1 cm (6 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.15.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1939 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • France in the Eighteenth Century, London, Royal Academy, 1968, no. 394, fig. 102.

Bibliography

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: p.308: dK547, fig.272.

Watermarks

wreath

Wikidata ID

Q64618494

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