DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Seated Man with Folded Arms; verso: Study of a Girl

after 1797

Artists

Marie-Adélaïde Castellas-MoitteArtist

Description

ruled vertical lines in brown ink (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18 x 19.6 cm (7 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, sold at auction, 1996. Sale, May 22, 1996, part of lot 12. W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

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