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Images of women quietly absorbed in their work were particularly popular at the time – often they were maids or women of modest means doing domestic chores. But while a few women did work as artists, this room is too grand to be a painter’s studio, and the woman is expensively dressed. So this image goes beyond a simple lesson on the virtues considered ideal for women. It elevates artistic practice by stressing its intellectual context and also, by inference, it confirms the status of women as artists.
Title
A Young Woman seated drawing
Date
about 1655-60
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 36.3 x W 30.7 cm
Accession number
NG5225
Acquisition method
Presented by the 1st Viscount Rothermere, 1940
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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