DrawingsFrench18th century

Profile Portrait of a Young Woman

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Colored chalks on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31 x 22.1 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979, inv. no. 1979.33

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