DrawingsFrench18th century

Mother and Child at an Open Window

18th century

Artists

Augustin PajouArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

8.8 x 10.5 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

[D'Hendecourt] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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