DrawingsFrench19th century

Dancing Figure

19th century

Artists

Jean Baptiste CarpeauxArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.8 x 15 cm (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

André Charles Voillemot, Paris (Lugt 2495b). Charles L. Kuhn, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1935

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