From the met notice: adélaïde labille-guiard "drew this study of the heads of her two students in preparation for her lifesize self-portrait with two pupils, which is in the metropolitan museum's european paintings collection. Although the figures are full-length in the painting, this study focuses on the placement of the two heads, their proximity to one another, their crossed gazes, and the effects of light and shadow. ". Object Type: drawing. Genre: double portrait. Date: circa 1785. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 38.1 cm (15 in); width: 48.3 cm (19 in). Medium: black chalk with stumping, paper, white chalk. Depicted People: Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Marie Marguerite Carraux de Rosemond. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond MET DP213786
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