Caption
Two women's heads, Compositions with parts of the human body, IXe Cahier de Principes du Dessin d'après nature, print, Series number, 6, watermark, printmaker: Jean François Janinet, France, after drawing by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, publisher: Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Paris, dedicated to: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, 1762 - 1814, paper, crayon manner, crayon manner in red, height 211 mm x width 290 mm, This print is part of an album that consists of at least eleven consists of parts. This is the sixth print from the sixth album. These albums probably served as examples for draftsmen, painters, and engravers., head (human) - AA - female human figure, Two lightly sketched heads of a person drawn in reddish-brown chalk face each other on a cream paper background, each showing a gently tilted face with closed or lowered eyes and subtle, serene expressions; both have wavy, curled hair gathered toward the top and flowing in loose ringlets around the temples and neck, with soft shading to suggest volume; delicate shading defines the eyebrows, nose, lips, chin, and neckline, and the sketches occupy the upper portion of the page while the lower area remains mostly blank.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B29_457
License type
Rights managed
Available size
56.6Mb (4.8Mb) / 17.1in x 12.9in / 5124 x 3859 (300dpi)