1760
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Young Woman Holding a Fan is a 1760 ink by Thomas Frye, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a woman in old-fashioned clothes. She’s wearing a big, fancy hat with a wide brim and a ruffled collar. Her hand rests on a fan, and she looks slightly to the side with a calm, slightly serious expression. The artist used shading to make her face stand out against the dark background. The paper has a textured look, typical of older prints. Check out the technique called *chiaroscuro* for more on how light and shadow create drama in art.
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain…
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