A Woman in Russian Dress

1780·Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

<p>Jean-Baptiste Le Prince traveled throughout Russia from 1757 to 1762, returning to Paris with exotic images of life in the country. This masterful drawing of an archetypal Russian figure bears the stamp at lower left of the Galerie Cailleux in Paris, where the sheet was exhibited in 1978.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1780
Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jean Baptiste Le Prince

Artist

Jean Baptiste Le Prince

Painting

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Le Prince was an important French etcher and painter. Le Prince first studied painting techniques in his native Metz. He then travelled to Paris around 1750 after being sponsored by Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle and became a leading student of the great painter, François Boucher. Le Prince's early paintings in both theme and style are comparable to his master's rococo techniques. He was the half-brother of French author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.

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