DrawingsFrench18th century

Head of Saint Germain

c. 1755

Artists

Joseph-Marie Vien, the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on brown card

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

Sheet: 32.9 × 31.4 cm (12 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Private Collection, France; Michel Gierzod, Paris; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (1996); Harvard Art Museum/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1999.23

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