A Standing Young Lady Taking Off Her Gloves

Alfred Stevens

1876 or after

A Standing Young Lady Taking Off Her Gloves by Alfred Stevens

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over graphite

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 × 9 5/8 in. (33 × 24.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014

Accession Number

2014.106

Tags

Women

Art Historical Context

Alfred Stevens' *A Standing Young Lady Taking Off Her Gloves* (1876 or after) an intimate moment of everyday elegance through delicate pen and brown ink over graphite. The Belgian artist, renowned for his sophisticated portrayals of modern women in Parisian settings, depicts a poised young lady in a poised, transitional pose—removing her gloves, a gesture evoking 19th-century fashion and. This drawing, measuring 13 ×9 5/8 inches, exemplifies Stevens' skill in rendering fabric textures and subtle movement on paper. Stevens, active in Paris alongside Impressionists like Degas and Manet, blended...

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