Three Little Girls in a Room Arguing and Spitting
1835–1903
Medium
Pen and black ink over traces of a graphite underdrawing, touches of white gouache.
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 5 11/16 in. (18.7 x 14.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1966
Accession Number
66.576.10(11)
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Art Historical Context
In the intimate drawing *Three Little Girls in a Arguing and Spitting Danish artist Lorenz Frølich a lively moment of childhood mischief. Created during his prolific career (1820–1903), the work depicts three girls engrossed in play, likely with dolls as suggested by its tags, their argument escalating to spirited spitting. Frølich, renowned for his delicate illustrations of fairy tales and everyday scenes during Denmark's Golden Age of painting, infuses this genre study with humor and realism, highlighting the unpolished energy of youth in a domestic setting. Executed in pen and black ink ov...