Oriental Woman with a Waterpipe

probably 1845

Master VCD

Associated Names
Master VCD

Artist, French, 19th century

The image depicts two people in a garden setting. One person, a woman with dark hair and a colorful scarf, is sitting on a curved sofa holding a hookah hose. She wears a pink dress and earrings. The other person, a man in a red fez hat and white and blue clothing, is standing next to her holding the hookah. A small table with cups is beside the sofa. The background shows lush greenery with trees and a white stone column.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.5 x 16.2 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.128.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christian Humann; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand?, lower right in pen and brown ink: VCD; by later hand, lower right in pen and black ink: 1845

Wikidata ID

Q64608243

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