A Fashionable Noblewoman Wearing a Plumed Hat

Provenance

Mme. Guiraud, by 1902(?) (Lugt undescribed). Richard Thalmann, by 1926 (Lugt undescribed).[1] Private Collection, France, until 1999; (Artemis SA Luxembourg Succursale de Geneve, Switzerland); purchased 1999 by NGA. [1] This drawing does not appear to be among those seized by the Nazis from Thalmann, according to files at the National Archives.

A Fashionable Noblewoman Wearing a Plumed Hat

Labille-Guiard, Adélaïde

c. 1789

Accession Number

1999.92.1

Medium

pastel on blue laid paper mounted on canvas (on strainer/stretcher)

Dimensions

overall (oval): 55 x 46 cm (21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

New Century Fund

Tags

Color: Brown Color: Gray