A Woman in Russian Dress

Prints and Drawings

1780

Jean Baptiste Le Prince
French, 1734-1781

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince traveled throughout Russia from 1757 to 1762, returning to Paris with exotic images of life in the country. This masterful drawing of an archetypal Russian figure bears the stamp at lower left of the Galerie Cailleux in Paris, where the sheet was exhibited in 1978.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Baptiste Le Prince
Title: A Woman in Russian Dress
Place: France (Artist's nationality)
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Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Credit Line: Regenstein Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 2009.654
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