Jeune femme drapée, assise, arrosant une plante (Young draped woman, seated, watering a plant in the style of red-figure vase painting), most likely from Recueil de Différentes Compositions Frises et Ornements dessinées et gravées à la manière du lavis par La Grenée le Juene Se trouve chez l'Auteur, au Louvre et chez Basan, rue et Hôtel Serpente A Paris, in an album containing Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger) 1779 - 1789
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This etching, *Jeune femme drapée, assise, arrosant une plante* (Young draped woman, seated, watering a plant), is a work by French artist Jean Jacques Lagrenée, created between 1779 and 1789. It is a part of a larger collection, *Recueil de Compositions par Lagrenée Le Jeune* (Collection of Compositions by Lagrenée the Younger). The etching depicts a woman in a classical-inspired pose, seated on a chair, pouring water from a pitcher onto a plant. The scene is framed by decorative elements, referencing Ancient Greek and Roman art, emphasizing the theme of Neoclassicism. The etching is now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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