Peasant Woman Standing with a Boy, 1825, Gabriel Alexandre Decamps, French, Paris 1803–Fontainebleau 1860, 9 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (24.6 × 21.4 cm) (sheet), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, France, 19th century, A distracted student, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps disliked the large academic studios of his brief training and was largely self-taught. This rare early drawing dates from the year before his debut at the Paris Salons. It reveals his early interest in rural subjects and talent for naturalistic description.
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Peasant Woman Standing, Boy, 1825, Gabriel Alexandre Decamps, French, Paris 1803–Fontainebleau 1860, sheet, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, France, 19th century, distracted student, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps disliked, large academic studios, brief training, largely self-taught, rare early drawing dates, year, debut, Paris Salons, reveals, early interest, rural subjects, talent, naturalistic description
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