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Etching of an academy studio: a seated woman in a fur-trimmed gown watches students drawing, with plaster casts and framed prints on the walls.

Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expression

An etching and engraving showing a seated woman in a fur-trimmed gown presiding over a studio where students draw at easels and a row of busts and figures sits along the foreground. Framed plaster casts and drawings cover the walls behind them, and the fine cross-hatched lines give the scene a soft, tonal finish.

Artist
Jean-Jacques Flipart
Date
1763, based on a drawing from 1761
Medium
Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1376 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1763).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Español: Concurso por el Premio al Estudio de Cabezas y Expresión

Un aguafuerte y grabado muestra a una mujer sentada, con un vestido ribeteado de piel, presidiendo un taller donde estudiantes dibujan en caballetes, mientras una fila de bustos y figuras se sienta en primer plano. Detrás, yesos y dibujos enmarcados cubren las paredes, y las finas líneas cruzadas dan un acabado suave y tonal.

Português: Concurso para o Prêmio de Estudo de Cabeças e Expressão

Uma gravura em água-forte e buril mostra uma mulher sentada, com vestido com acabamento de pele, presidindo um ateliê onde estudantes desenham em cavaletes, enquanto uma fileira de bustos e figuras se senta em primeiro plano. Ao fundo, moldes de gesso e desenhos emoldurados cobrem as paredes, e as linhas cruzadas finas dão um acabamento suave e tonal.