What medium is "A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her"?

A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her is Brush and gray ink; framing line in pen and black ink.

Is "A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her" in the public domain?

Yes, A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her

Q: When was "A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her" created?

This artwork was created 1761–1813.

Anthonie Andriessen

1761–1813

Medium

Brush and gray ink; framing line in pen and black ink

Dimensions

sheet: 6 11/16 x 5 1/16 in. (17 x 12.9 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2009

Accession Number

2009.180

Tags

WindowsBoysWomen

Art Historical Context

In the intimate drawing *A Woman Standing at an Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her* (ca. early 19th century), Dutch artist Anthonie Andri captures a tender moment of everyday life. Created during his active years (1761–3), the work depicts a woman poised at a sash window—its sliding panels a hallmark of Northern European architecture—gazing outward while a small boy stands attentively by her side. This quiet domestic scene evokes the warmth of family bonds, a common theme in 18th- and early 19th-century genre art. Executed in brush and gray ink with a framing line in pen and black ink, the m...

A Woman Standing at an Open Sash Window, a Small Boy Beside Her

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