Ceiling Study
18th century
Artists
Description
The woman at the right is seated on the ground, holding her drapery about her, her right breast bare; slightly behind her at the left stands another female figure, turned left; carrying a spray of flowers in her left hand.
Dimensions
19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Von Quandt; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.50
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