Ladies Bathing
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite, contours incised.
Dimensions
2 15/16 x 4 3/8 in. (7.5 x 11.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.167.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Ladies Bathing**, delicate drawing from 1717 attributed to Claude Simpol and Bernard Picart, an intimate moment of women bathing amid lush trees. Created with pen and gray ink, brush and wash, heightened with white over faint graphite traces, and featuring incised contours, this small gem measures just 2 15/16 x 4 3/8 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (Rogers Fund, 1963), it exemplifies early 18th-century draftsmanship, where precise lines and subtle tonal washes evoke depth and light on an intimate scale. The scene's pastoral charm reflects t...