DrawingsFrench18th century

Profile Head of an Old Woman

18th century

Artists

Michel-François Dandré-BardonArtist

Description

She is seen facing left, leaning slightly forward, a small cap on her hair, her peasant dress loosened at the neck.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.8 x 15.5 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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