Sketched with red and white chalk on tan-colored paper, a nude woman sits looking down to our right in this vertical drawing. The woman’s body is angled to our right, and she has a round face with a small nose, bow-shaped mouth, and slight double chin. A few lines suggest her hair is swept up and back from her forehead. She leans onto her left elbow, to our right and farther from us, which appears to rest on a bank of clouds. She reaches forward with her other hand to hold some drapery. She has soft, rounded arms, tummy, and thighs, and her ankles are crossed. The artist signed the lower left corner, “f. boucher.”
Artwork Details
- Date
- c. 1733
- Medium
- red and white chalk on brown laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink
- Dimensions
- 3045 × 4858 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
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