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The drawing depicts a person standing with their weight shifted to one leg. The person is turned slightly to the side, with one hand holding an object over their shoulder, while the other hand rests on their hip. The face is sketched with closed lips, and the person's hair appears to be tied back or covered. The person wears a long coat or robe, trousers, and boots. There is no visible jewelry. The sketch includes faint facial features to the upper right and marks in the lower right corner. The background is plain, emphasizing the hand-drawn nature of the image with visible paper texture and…

A Comic Actor Dressed as a Gentleman [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater (French, 1695 - 1736)

c. 1729 · red chalk on 2 joined sheets of laid paper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Neil and Ivan Phillips

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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