DrawingsFrench18th century

Profile Portrait of a Woman

1780

Artists

Adélaïde Labille-GuiardArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.5 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Tucker of Exeter. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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