DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Portrait of a Gentleman

18th-19th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

James SharplesPrevious attribution

Louis-Léopold BoillyPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pastel on lavender wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.4 x 22.5 cm (9 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Sabatino Abate, Jr., gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982, inv. no. 1982.125

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