Harvard Art Museums > 1931.244: Head 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"Head of a Man (Jean-Baptiste Greuze) , 1931.244,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297910. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1931.244 People Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French (Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris) Title Head of a Man Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1775 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297910 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink Dimensions 33.1 × 46.3 cm (13 1/16 × 18 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: none watermark: D&C BLAUW IV (or VI) [fragmentary] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1931 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Owen Accession Year 1931 Object Number 1931.244 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. Descriptions Description His head, which is covered by a mantle, is turned three-quarters left. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 625, p. 332 John Montgomery Wilson, "The Painting of the Passions in Theory, Practice and Criticism in Later Eighteenth Century France" (1975), University of Iowa, pp. ix, 175, 341 (as "Head of a Woman") Edgar Munhall, Greuze the Draftsman, exh. cat., Merrell Publishers Ltd. / The Frick Collection (New York, 2002), p. 218 (as "Head of a Man") Hilliard T. Goldfarb, From the Hands of the Masters: A Private Collection, exh. cat., The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, 2013), p. 14 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), cat. no. 82, repr. Exhibition History Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2016 - 01/08/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
