DrawingsFlemish16th-17th century

Head of a Young Girl

16th-17th century

Artists

Peter Paul RubensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, red, and white chalk and brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Culture

Flemish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 25.6 x 19.6 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Hippolyte Dreux, his sale; [Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 May 1902, lot 55]. Wildenstein Gallery, New York, Paris, sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958.

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