DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Profile Portrait of a Young Woman

1783

Artists

François-Nicolas MouchetArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk with touches of red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

oval: 14.9 x 12 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.198

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