DrawingsFrench19th century

Portrait of Victor Hugo

c. 1878

Artists

Alphonse LegrosArtist

Victor Marie HugoSitter

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, white gouache, and metalpoint on prepared white laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40 x 27.1 cm (15 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)

Provenance

I.E. Mann. Frank E. Bliss. [Scott & Fowles, New York] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, December 5, 1924, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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