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Oriental Woman with a Waterpipe

Master VCD · probably 1845

Palette

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Artist

Master VCD
1800–1899

Date

probably 1845

Type

Drawing & watercolour

Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

Size

overall: 20.5 x 16.2 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Place

French

Period

19th century

Main colour

Grey · lightness 34, colourfulness 11

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1899: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1970. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules