DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Portrait of the Marquise de Lignières

17th-18th century

Artists

Hyacinthe RigaudArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk, and black ink, with touches of white gouache, on blue antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, squared in black chalk

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.6 x 24.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer; Fogg Art Museum, 1979

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