Seven Figure Studies; Portrait of a Woman (from Sketchbook)
The image depicts a sketch of seven figures. The sketch is drawn in pencil on a gray background. The sketch contains a full figure study of a woman on the bottom center. Six other figures are drawn around her, each in various poses. The top center figure is a woman with her hair down and her arms outstretched to her sides. To her right, a nude woman with her right arm above her head holds a baby. To her left, a nude woman with her back to the viewer looks over her left shoulder. On the far left, a nude woman faces right with her right arm bent at the elbow and her left arm extended behind her. At the bottom left, a nude woman crouches with her right leg extended behind her and her left foot on the ground. At the bottom right, a small faint sketch of a nude woman sitting appears. The title of the sketch is "Portrait of a Woman (from Sketchbook)" and the artist is Thomas Sully.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1810–20
- Medium
- Ink, wash, on paper
- Culture
- American
- Dimensions
- 600 × 471 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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