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Huterinn/Vendeuse de Chapeaux. (Hat Seller)

Sebastian Mansfeld

1775

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century

Dominant colour

Huterinn/Vendeuse de Chapeaux. (Hat Seller) is a 1775 ink by Sebastian Mansfeld, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Sebastian Mansfeld
When & what style?: 1775 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This black-and-white print shows a woman in old-fashioned clothes selling hats. She wears a tall, wide-brimmed hat and a long dress with a shawl draped over her arm. One hand holds a small hat while the other rests on her hip, giving her a confident stance. The text at the bottom calls her a "hat seller," and the lines in the drawing are made by a tool that scratches into the metal plate. This creates the shadows and details. Look up engraving to see how artists like this made prints before photography.