DrawingsFrench18th century

Portrait of a Young Woman

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

François BoucherArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and red chalk on cream laid paper, framing lines in black chalk

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.2 x 21.6 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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