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Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a goldenrod-yellow dress, sits reading a small book, facing our left in profile in this vertical painting. The deep, scooped neckline of her rich yellow gown is edged with lace and decorated with a mauve-purple bow at the bust. Her chest is covered by sheer white fabric under a ruffled, pleated collar. The ruff is tied at the back with another mauve bow, and a ribbon of the same color ties up her chestnut-brown hair. She has a delicate nose and rosebud mouth, and she tips her head down to read the book she holds in one hand. She…

Young Girl Reading

Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

c. 1769 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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