The image shows a sketch with a slightly elevated point of view, depicting a scene involving a small boat and two figures. Closest to us is a man standing in the boat, appearing to be engaged in preparing the sail or handling a rope. Beyond the man, on the shoreline, a woman is kneeling, interacting with a child who is sitting nearby. The horizon is high in the image, faintly indicated by lines suggesting the distant edge of the water or land. The sketch features a monochromatic palette with variations of brown and gray graphite on a beige paper. Thin strokes give the drawing a delicate…
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The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824 - 1898)

Ambroise Vollard (French, 1866 - 1939)

printer Auguste Clot (French, 1858 - 1936)

1897

Medium
lithograph in purple on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 41 x 52.5 cm (16 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.) ; sheet: 43.3 x 57 cm (17 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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