Peasant dance

Robert, Hubert (1733-1808)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1770-1775
Height:
36.3 cm  (14 5/16 in.)
Width:
28.3 cm  (11 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and black ink with gray and brown wash and black chalk over a black chalk counterproof, on laid paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Samuel H. Kress Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1963.15.26]

Description

In the foreground, a man kissing a woman, a second man standing in front of the pair with his hand out. In the background, a man playing a fiddle and a couple dancing. (This drawing is a companion to the artist's 'The Loaned Kiss' - museum acc. no. 1965.15.31).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

194