SculptureFrench19th century
Head of Woman Smiling
1869-1870 or between 1872 and 1913
Artists
Jean Baptiste CarpeauxArtist
Dimensions
19.1 × 14 × 17.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
O'Connor, England, sold?; to [Spencer A. Samuels & Company, LTD., New York], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, as "Bozzetto for the Head of a Naiad," 1971; Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
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