DrawingsFrench18th century

Study of a Priest

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

32.7 x 22.2 cm (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Meatyard, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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