DrawingsFrench18th century

Kneeling Servant

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on gray laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper with blue laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

41.2 x 26.3 cm (16 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman, gift; Harvard University Art Museums, inv. no. 2002.95.44

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