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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.29
People
François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
Title
Head of a Young Woman
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Mademoiselle O'Murphy (?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295242

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 20.9 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: None visible–drawing laid down

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, Harvard Class of 1903
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.29
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA 271x The Origins of Modernity: The "New" 18th Century Rotation #1: Large Niche (S426A) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/14/2011 - 03/05/2011

Verification Level

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