DrawingsSwiss19th century

Study for "Girl at the Stove"

c. 1879

Artists

Albert AnkerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal and colored chalk on brown paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 37.5 × 53.2 cm (14 3/4 × 20 15/16 in.) frame: 58 × 73 cm (22 13/16 × 28 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby’s Zürich, June 4, 2012, lot 2], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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