The image features a sketch of two figures. The first figure is depicted standing with a slight lean to one side. The second figure stands slightly behind and to the side of the first figure, with a casual posture. Both figures are surrounded by shading lines that suggest a vertical background.
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Woman and Smaller Male Figure on Grand Stairway [recto]

Hubert Robert (French, 1733 - 1808)

probably c. 1754/1765

Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 10.3 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in.) ; support: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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