Two Russians Seated in Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Artist, French, 1734 - 1781

The image shows two individuals seated on the ground. The person on the left has their arm around the shoulders of the person on the right. Both individuals have facial features, hair styled neatly, and wear long garments. The person on the left wears a headdress. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background includes a wooden fence and foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown chalk on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur L. Liebman

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.2 x 22 cm (11 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.87.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H.S. Olivier, Potterne Manor, Wiltshire (Lugt 1373); by descent to daughter, Maud Olivier, Boxtrees, Headington, Oxford; (sale London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1920 [lot 53]); (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York); Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64581154

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