1705
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a Distaff is a 1705 chalk by Lorenzo de Ferrari, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting on a ledge, holding a long wooden tool called a distaff. Her hair is loose, and she wears a simple dress. The lines are loose and quick, with some shading to show her shape and the folds of her clothes. The drawing looks like it was made fast—maybe even as a quick study. The artist didn’t focus on details, just the overall movement and pose. Next, check out the Baroque movement for more dramatic, expressive art like this.
Lorenzo De Ferrari (14 November 1680 – 28 July 1744) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Genoa.
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