DrawingsAmerican19th century

Head of a Woman in a Crown, after Vasari (?)

19th century

Artists

Matthew J. WhippleArtist

Description

The drawing is made in an oval.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, white, and red chalk on blue wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) actual: 25.9 x 19.3 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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