DrawingsItalian17th century

A Head of a Woman Turned Three-Quarters Left

17th century

Artists

Carlo MarattiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Counterproof

Medium

Black and red chalk on buff-colored antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.5 × 13.6 cm (6 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Rumohr(?). L. Thiis, Dresden, 1851. Chandler. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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