This is a drawing of an interior scene with a large barrel. The drawing illustrates an indoor setting featuring a large barrel, with other objects like a woven basket on the wall and an overturned stool or similar structure on the floor. The area has a rustic ambiance. The use of graphite or charcoal gives it a soft, textured quality, and highlights a monochromatic palette, with emphasis on texture and form.
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The Tale of the Cooper's Wife

Attributed to artist Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (French, 1723 - 1769)

1767

Medium
black, white, and red chalks with stumping on laid paper; laid down
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 33.6 x 29.7 cm (13 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.) ; mount: 41.6 x 37.5 cm (16 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art