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Seated Lady Holding a Tablet and a Drawing Implement

DrawingsFrench18th century

Seated Lady Holding a Tablet and a Drawing Implement

18th century

Artists

Michel-Barthélémy OllivierArtist

Hubert François Bourguignon GravelotPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, red, and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, adhered to cream card, faced with blue laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22 x 16.3 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Alan L. Corey (as Hubert François Gravelot, in the sale) New York, December 5-7, 1974 (as French School, 18th Century), lot 540; purchased by Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

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