# Quaker Doll

**Jacob Gielens** (American, born Germany, 1870–1946)  
1935/1942  
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard  
overall: 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 9" high

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.8.15358. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.27449.html).

## About this work

Jacob Gielens painted this in 1935/1942, aged about 65. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The image depicts a young person standing upright with distinct facial features including rounded cheeks, a small mouth, and large eyes. They are wearing a brown dress with a cream-colored shawl, a bonnet with dark trim, and a pouch hanging from their left side. The background is plain and cream-colored.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [Jacob Gielens](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jacob-gielens)

American, born Germany, 1870–1946

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was about 65
- Real size: about 14 × 9½ in (35 × 25 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Movement: [American folk and design](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/american-folk-design)
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1443.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1443/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/quaker-doll-nga-27449).