Three Ladies Chatting

Hubert Robert

Associated Names
Hubert Robert

Artist, French, 1733 - 1808

The sketch shows three individuals standing in a group. The person on the left and the man in the center have their heads turned towards each other. The woman on the left has her hair up, while the man has short hair. The woman on the right is shown with her head tilted down and covered by a hood. All three are dressed in flowing garments. The woman on the right is holding a bag. The woman on the left appears to be gesturing. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with brown wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Mary Kelly Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 15.5 x 11.8 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
    framed: 50.2 x 40.3 x 5.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.36.1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Inscriptions

in later hand, upper left verso in graphite: lit; upper center verso in graphite: 85; lower center verso in graphite: H Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64574742

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