Head of Girl Leaning on Her Hand
c. 1895 - 1900
Medium
drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 6 × 5.6 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7567
Art Historical Context
**Head of Girl Leaning on Her Hand** Théodore Roussel,. 1895–1900 Drypoint on laid paper, plate: 6 × 5.6 cm National Gallery of Art,wald Collection Step into the intimate world of Théodore Rous's *Head of Girl Leaning Her Hand*, a delicate drypoint print from the turn of the century. This tiny gem, no larger than a postcard, captures a young girl's pensive profile as she rests her head on her hand—a pose evoking quiet contemplation and vulnerability. Roussel, a French-born artist who settled in England, was a master printmaker influenced by his close friend James McNeill Whistler, emb...