DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Head of a Woman; verso: Sketch

17th-18th century

Artists

Antoine CoypelArtist

Carlo MarattiPrevious attribution

Description

Her head is turned one-quarter right and upward; her graze is also toward the upper right.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.2 x 12.3 cm (5 9/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Marquis d'Allègre; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, by descent, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892, inv. no. 1898.34

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