DrawingsGerman18th century

Studies of Heads

18th century

Artists

Daniel Nikolaus ChodowieckiArtist

Nicolas PoussinArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 20.3 x 16.2 cm (8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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