Profile Head of an Old Woman
18th century
Artists
Description
She is seen facing left, leaning slightly forward, a small cap on her hair, her peasant dress loosened at the neck.
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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