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Woman in a Tiered Gown with a Large Bow

Constantin Guys

19th century

Woman in a Tiered Gown with a Large Bow by Constantin Guys

Medium

Brush and gray, pale red, blue, and yellow wash over, traces of graphite. Laid down.

Dimensions

12 11/16 x 8 9/16 in. (32.2 x 21.7 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1937

Accession Number

37.165.91

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

DressesWomen

About the Artist

Constantin Guys · 18021892

Constantin Guys, born Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin Guys de Saint-Hélène on December 3, 1802, in Vlissingen, Netherlands, to French parents François Lazare Guys and Elisabeth Bétin, spent his early years in a naval family that relocated to Calais around 1805. His early life is not well documented, with no records of formal art training, teachers, or schools; Guys appears to have been largely...

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