1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Young Peasant Seated in a Church (Jeune paysanne assise dans une eglise) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting in a simple chair, wearing a long dress and a head covering. Her hands rest in her lap, and the lines around her are rough and uneven, almost like scratches. The background is plain, with just a few faint shapes that might be church furniture. The artist used a lot of cross-hatching—tiny lines crisscrossed to create shadows and texture. This technique makes the drawing look almost like a sketch made with a pencil or a sharp tool. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this one made prints.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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