A Young Woman Overcome by Love [recto]

Deshays employed bold, expressive lines and a muted yet evocative color palette to capture the subject's passion, set against a subtly suggested, misty landscape background.

Created around 1763, specific details of the drawing's history and ownership prior to its current location are not provided in available information.

While the work's emotional intensity aligns with emerging Romantic sensibilities, its execution in chalk and wash reflects the artistic traditions of its time, blending expressive gesture with classical composition.

As a work by Deshays, it contributes to the broader recognition of the artist's contribution to the transition between Baroque and Romantic artistic movements in 18th-century Europe.