Lender and Lavalliere in "Le fils de l'Aretin" (Lender et Lavallière dans "Le fils de l'Arétin")

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

National Gallery of Art

This print shows two people, one made with dark lines, and one made with lighter, sketch-like lines. In the center is a person standing with their arms bent at the elbows, one hand holding a book and the other with a finger pointed upward. This person has a small nose, thin lips, short light-colored hair, and they are wearing a dark puff-sleeved dress with a high neck and textured skirt, along with a dark, flat hat. The person on the left is a ghostly outline, facing the right and looking upwards, with pale skin, faint features, and their hair in an updo. They also appear to wear a dress with a high neck and puffed sleeves. The background is light beige with some faint vertical streaks of light gray shading.