Four Studies of a Severed Head
c. 1818
Artists
Dimensions
21 x 28.1 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/16 in.)
Provenance
A.M. Mahérault, possibly sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 27-29, 1880, as part of lot 76]. General Mellinet, sold [through his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 5, 1906, lot 108]. Pierre Dubaut, Paris (Lugt 2103b). [Saidenberg Gallery, New York]. Richard B. Sisson, after 1965, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005
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