Bacchanale; verso: Nude Man
DrawingsFrench18th century

Bacchanale; verso: Nude Man

18th century

Artists

Pierre-Jacques VolaireArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.6 × 30.2 cm (9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Charles Gasc, Spain and Paris (Lugt 543). Amédée-Paul-Émile Gasc, Paris (Lugt 1131). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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