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A red chalk drawing of a woman sitting on a cane and wood chair. She wears an 18th century gown and looks to the right side of the drawing, smiling.
A red chalk drawing of a woman sitting on a cane and wood chair. She wears an 18th century gown and looks to the right side of the drawing, smiling.
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  • A red chalk drawing of a woman sitting on a cane and wood chair. She wears an 18th century gown and looks to the right side of the drawing, smiling.
  • A red chalk drawing of a woman sitting on a cane and wood chair. She wears an 18th century gown and looks to the right side of the drawing, smiling.

Louis Rolland Trinquesse

Seated Woman

Description

Maker

Louis Rolland Trinquesse (French, ca. 1746-ca. 1800)

Title

Seated Woman

Year

1774

Medium

  • Counterproof of red-chalk drawing with additional red chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Counterproof of red-chalk drawing with additional red chalk on laid paper

Materials

red chalk, crayon

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

30.6 x 24.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LR, very faint: "L. Trinquesse f...[illegible] 1774".
Inscribed in pen and ink, LL: "Trinquesse fecit 1774"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

38.161

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

A young woman in a voluminous dress negotiates an uneasy balance between her humble seat and her fashionable garment. Like many of his contemporaries, Trinquesse created counterproofs of his own drawings, perhaps with an eye to additional profit. Having executed a first drawing in red chalk, he covered it with a blank sheet and passed it through the press, making a reversed impression of the design. By strengthening this light impression with more red chalk, Trinquesse quickly created a copy. Telltale signs of this process are found in the faint background hatching and the ghostly outline of the young woman’s left foot.

French Master Drawings
May 01, 1954 – May 30, 1954

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Louis Rolland Trinquesse (French, ca. 1746-ca. 1800)
Seated Woman, 1774
Counterproof of red-chalk drawing with additional red chalk on laid paper
30.6 x 24.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 38.161

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