Study for the Portrait of Prince Aleksandr Borisovich Kurakin. Verso: Oval portrait of a woman
DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Study for the Portrait of Prince Aleksandr Borisovich Kurakin. Verso: Oval portrait of a woman

c. 1728

Artists

Jean-Marc NattierArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk (recto and verso)
Culture
French
Century
17th-18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 31.5 x 24.3 cm (12 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, Mass., consigned to Grogan & Co., 1993. Grogan & Company, Boston, sold at auction, 1993. Sale, September 21, 1993, no. 230, repr. Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. no. 2774, repr.

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