DrawingsFrench18th century

Female Nude Offering a Platter

18th century

Artists

Charles-Joseph NatoireArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.9 x 19.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, London, April 11, 1978, lot 137, pl. 43] sold; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 91, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

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