A Young Girl Reading
c. 1770
DESCRIPTION
Young Girl Reading, or The Reader (French: La Liseuse), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It depicts an unidentified girl seated in profile, wearing a lemon yellow dress with white ruff collar and cuffs and purple ribbons, and reading from a small book held in her right hand. The painting is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
DETAILS
Original title: La Liseuse (French)
Dimensions: W64.8cm x H81.1cm
Movement(s): Rococo
Medium(s): Oil on canvas
Genre(s): Portrait, Figure painting
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