Georgiana (Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
1780
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1780
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Georgiana (Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire is a 1780 ink by Valentine Green, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woman stands near a balcony, dressed in a flowing gown with a high, puffy hairdo. Behind her, a painted landscape shows trees and a distant figure walking. The folds of her dress are smooth, and her pose is relaxed but poised. The artist used shading to make her dress look three-dimensional. This technique is called *chiaroscuro*—strong contrasts between light and dark. Check out more about chiaroscuro next.
