DrawingsFrench19th century

Head of a Woman

c. 1884-1889

Artists

Pierre Henri Puvis de ChavannesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk or charcoal with touches of oil(?) on tracing paper, mounted to card

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 36 x 25.8 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Acquired from Scott and Fowles, New York, by Grenville L. Winthrop, March 1925 ($750); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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