Woman with a Green Parrot
1850/1880
Medium
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
34 × 22.8 cm (13 7/16 × 9 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
116013
Art Historical Context
In the serene *Woman with a Green Par* (ca. 1850/1880), Spanish artist Joaquin Agrasot y Juan captures an intimate moment through the delicate medium of watercolor with gou over graphite on cream wove paper. Measuring 34 × 22.8 cm, this work from the Art Institute of Chicago Prints and Drawings Department exemplifies Agrasot's mastery of realist genre scenes, a style popular in 19th-century Spain influenced by costumbrismo—the vivid depiction of everyday customs and domestic life. Agrasot (1837–1919), trained in Valencia and later active in Madrid, often portrayed elegant women in quiet inter...