Young Girl Reading, or The Reader (French: La Liseuse), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It depicts an unidentified girl seated in profile, wearing a lemon yellow dress with white ruff collar and cuffs and purple ribbons, and …

Suffused with effortless grace, the model in Fragonard’s Young Girl Reading embodies the cultured lifestyle treasured by high society in pre-Revolutionary France.

2013年4月16日 · Young Girl Reading, or The Reader (French: La Liseuse), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It was purchased by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1961 using funds donated by Ailsa Mellon Bruce, the daughter of Andrew W. Mellon, following her father's death.

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Dutch: Brieflezend meisje bij het venster), also known as Lady reading at an open window,[1] is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. Completed in approximately 1657–1659, the painting is on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, which has held it since 1742.

The Gallery’s Young Girl Reading—a representation of a demure model in a lemon-yellow dress seated at a window ledge, a book in one upraised hand—has always been loosely associated with the fantasy figures on formal terms. On the one hand, compelling evidence supported a connection between the two.

2015年4月5日 · Book lovers will love these 10 beautiful pieces of art that feature women reading books. 1. Girl Reading (1900-1905). Joan Llimona (Spanish, 1860-1926). Oil on canvas. Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. 2. The Morning News (1886). William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). Oil on panel. 3. 4. A Lady Reading a Newspaper (1886).

2022年6月26日 · In Young Girl Reading, Fragonard uses a typical Rococo color scheme of soft, delicate colors and hues of gold. The pillow’s violet tint, the darker-toned walls and armrest, and the girl’s rosy-toned skin and bright, saffron-yellow dress help create the illusion of …

One of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's most simple yet elegant paintings, Young Girl Reading has captivated audiences throughout the ages with its warmth and sensuality.

Fragonard’s brushwork is as much the subject of this painting as the young woman. A flurry of rapid marks captures her blushing face. Bold, fluid strokes of unblended color define her dress,...

2015年4月2日 · Washington, DC—One of the most beloved paintings in the Gallery's permanent collection, Young Girl Reading (c. 1770) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, shows a young woman in profile, reading the book in her hand.