# Portrait of a Seated Woman

- By: François-André Vincent (French, 1746–1816)
- Date: 18th-19th century
- Medium: Black chalk heightened with white chalk on brown paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 45.5 x 30.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.46)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.46/2018.46_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This drawing, presumably a study for a painted portrait, depicts a seated woman, dressed in a long gown and fashionable hat. Her casual pose, with one hand placed nonchalantly on her knee, her right elbow resting on the back of a chair, and a gaze unfocused on something outside the scene, gives the image an intimate informality.