Harvard Art Museums > 1979.66: Study for a Portrait of a Man Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for a Portrait of a Man (Maurice-Quentin de La Tour) , 1979.66,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/295615. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1979.66 People Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, French (Saint-Quentin 1704 - 1788 Saint-Quentin) Title Study for a Portrait of a Man Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/295615 Physical Descriptions Medium Pastel on discolored blue antique laid paper Dimensions 27.7 x 22.8 cm (10 7/8 x 9 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.66 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Accession Year 1979 Object Number 1979.66 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 29, p. 39, repr. p. 106 Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 311, repr. Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), p. 18, fig. 6 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu