Harvard Art Museums > 1898.54: Profile Head of an Old Woman 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"Profile Head of an Old Woman (Michel-François Dandré-Bardon) , 1898.54,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299618. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.54 People Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, French (Aix-en-Provence 1700 - 1783 Paris) Title Profile Head of an Old Woman Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299618 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink Dimensions 15.8 x 15.5 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: mount, verso: André Bardon / 160 x 169 mm Provenance Recorded Ownership History Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Accession Year 1898 Object Number 1898.54 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 She is seen facing left, leaning slightly forward, a small cap on her hair, her peasant dress loosened at the neck. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 602, p. 323 Pierre Rosenberg, French Master Drawings of the 17th & 18th Centuries in North American Collections / Dessins français du 17ème & du 18ème siècles des collections américaines, exh. cat., Secker & Warburg (London, 1972-1973), cat. no. 38, pp. 79, 152, pl. 94, repr. Pierre Rosenberg, "Dandré-Bardon as a Draughtsman: A Group of Drawings at Stuttgart", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 1974), vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, pp. 137-51, 193-206, p. 140 Daniel Chol, Michel François Dandré-Bardon ou l'apogée de la peinture en Provence au XVIIIe siècle, Édisud (Aix-en-Provence, 1987), cat. no. 147, p. 112, repr. Exhibition History French Master Drawings of the 17th & 18th Centuries in North American Collections, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 11/03/1972 - 12/17/1972; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 01/12/1973 - 03/11/1973; New York Cultural Center, New York, 04/04/1973 - 05/13/1973 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
