A Country Girl at Surrentum, Italy, Allan Ramsay, September 1776

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A Country Girl at Surrentum, Italy, September 1776, Red chalk, heightened with white, sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Allan Ramsay (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1784 Dover), Ramsay, a leading eighteenth-century portraitist and chief competitor of Sir Joshua Reynolds, was considered more sympathetic in his treatment of female subjects. A refined draftsman, he honed his technique during repeated visits to France and Italy

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Size: 3582px × 5115px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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