Greek Girls Playing Ball

A wood engraving shows two women on a white terrace above the sea. One figure in flowing, billowing drapery leans back and raises a ball overhead, while the other, in dark windswept robes, stands at right looking toward her, with mountains and a dog-like animal nearby.

Artist

Henry Wolf

Date

1897

Medium

wood engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2709 × 1835 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum