DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Partially Draped Head of a Young Woman

17th-18th century

Artists

Antoine CoypelArtist

Carlo MarattiPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and white chalk with traces of graphite on tan antique laid paper; verso: darkened

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.5 x 13.6 cm (5 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Marquis d'Allègre; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, by descent, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892, inv. no. 1898.35

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