A woman reading a note while a man in the background looks over his shoulder at her, illustration for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas Cuaderno No. 7,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ca. 1880–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Image: 5 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.5 × 8.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Roberto Berdecio, 1960
Accession Number
60.678.88
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming type-metal engraving, titled *A woman reading a note a man in the background over his shoulder at her captures a moment of romantic intrigue from the *Coleccion de Cartasosas Cuaderno No.7*, a collection of love letters published by Vanegas Arroyo around 1880–1910. The intimate scene depicts a woman absorbed in reading a note, unaware of the man glancing back at her with evident curiosity or mischief. Rendered in stark black-and-white contrasts typical of popular Mexican prints, the small-scale image (just 5 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.) draws viewers into a playful narrative of courtship a...
About the Artist
José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican|Mexican) · 1895 |1851 –1910 |1913
Mexican, active ca. 1900–1910|Mexican, 1851–1913