Young Woman Seated on a Bed

Description

This print emulates a traditional chiaroscuro drawing: dark outlines and shadows with white highlights on specially toned paper. In this later edition of the print, Bonnet modified the bed sheet so it discreetly lies across the woman’s thigh. The earlier version on display nearby, printed in red ink, is less modest.

Provenance

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Young Woman Seated on a Bed

Louis-Marin Bonnet

1764–67

Accession Number

1988.151

Medium

chalk-manner etching and engraving printed in black and white on blue paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 46.5 x 32.7 cm (18 5/16 x 12 7/8 in.); Platemark: 43.6 x 30.2 cm (17 3/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund