The Embroiderers (Les brodeuses)

1898

Henri Fantin-Latour

Associated Names
Henri Fantin-Latour

Artist, French, 1836 - 1904

Two women are seated at a table. The woman on the right is engrossed in a task, while the other woman sits with her back to the viewer. The woman on the right has long, dark hair pulled back and wears a dark dress with a white collar. The woman on the left has her dark hair styled in a loose bun. Both women are focused on objects on the table. The setting has a dark background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chine colle lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Prentiss Taylor

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to margins): 16.7 x 21 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
    support: 26.7 x 36.1 cm (10 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.53.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hédiard 1906, no. 143

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Hédiard, Germain and Leonce Benedite. Fantin-Latour; catalogue l'oeuvre lithographique du maître...nouvelle edition revue, corrigee et completee. Les maitres de la lithographie. Paris: Librarie de l'Art Ancien et Moderne, 1906.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: -Fantin-

Markings

BS: l'Estampe et l'Affiche

Wikidata ID

Q74874275

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