19th-20th century
The support was originally one sheet which was cut into two, one showing the head and another the body; these sheets have been rejoined.
42.2 x 48.4 cm (16 5/8 x 19 1/16 in.) other; upper image, irregular (upper image, irregular): 13.6 x 15.4 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.) sheet; lower (lower sheet, irregular): 29.2 x 48.3 cm (11 1/2 x 19 in.)
Jasper Deeter, Rose Valley PA, Gift to Thomas Suma, 1930. Deeter supposedly got the works from Eakins. Thomas Suma, Rose Valley PA, Gift of Jasper Deeter, 1930, Sold to M. R. Schweitzer, 1945. Suma received the works from Deeter in lieu of salary. His last name might have been "Summa." M. R. Schweitzer, Purchased from Thomas Suma, 1945, Sold to Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975. Adams Davidson Gallery, Washington DC, Purchased from M. R. Schweitzer, 1975, Sold to Seiden and De Cuevas, 1975. Purchased with the assistance of Dr. David Morowitz. Vermeer Associates Limited, Purchased from Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.
Black ink on off-white wove paper
20th centuryAmericanGraphite on paper
20th centuryGermanGraphite and red colored pencil on tracing paper
20th centuryGermanWatercolor on paper
20th centuryGermanWatercolor and gouache over graphite, with areas of varnish, on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchColored marker on paper
Colored marker on paper
20th centuryGermanWatercolor on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryAmericanBlack crayon on paper
20th centuryGermanColored marker and black pen on paper
20th centuryGermanColored marker, black pen, paper insert, and adhesive tape on paper
Colored crayon on cream wove paper
20th centuryGerman