A Young Girl Wearing a Flowered Hat
1651 to 1700
Medium
red chalk on light beige laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 26.8 x 17.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler
Accession Number
2000.9.14
Art Historical Context
**A Young Girl Wearing aered Hat** is a charming 17th-century drawing attributed to an anonymous French artist, created sometime between 1651 and1700. This intimate portrait captures the delicate features of a young girl adorned with a flowered hat, evoking innocence and elegance of French youth during the late Baroque period. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Department of Drawings (CG-E), it was generously gifted by Gertrude Laughlinler, highlighting its enduring appeal to collectors. Rendered in red chalk—a favored medium in 17th- and 18th-century France for its warm, flesh-like tone...