A Peasant Woman

c. 1770

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

Associated Names
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

Artist, Swiss, 1733 - 1794

The image shows a full-body profile view of a person standing and facing left. The figure has an upright posture with arms folded in front, a hat casting a shadow over their head, and a cloak or shawl draped over their shoulders and upper body. The person's facial features are not clearly visible due to the profile perspective and slightly bowed head. The attire covers the person down to their feet, which are depicted in a simple manner. The illustration is in varying shades of gray, on textured paper with no other elements, and is signed by the artist with the year "1770" in the lower right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.61

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1956-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961

Bibliography

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, 14

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 121

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: S. H. Grimm (about) / 1770; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 6474

Wikidata ID

Q64630342

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