Woman with a Letter

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman with a Letter

Sigmond Freudeberg

Date
1750–1800
Medium
Watercolor and gouache with point of brushwork
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

An elegantly dressed woman stands at the center of the composition. She carries a plate with a tea cup and saucer in one hand while she holds a letter, marked with a prominent red seal, up to her lips with the other. This drawing captures the woman in mid-action as she tiptoes across the room.

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