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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.366
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Seated Lady Instructing a Girl, with a Subsidiary Study of a Head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299769

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face
Dimensions
17 x 15.8 cm (6 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Watteau; Si 953.u; mount: Anth. watteau a fine original from the Lindner cabinet Leipsic, no. 953 Frenzels catalogue; 437 [crossed out:] 431 KO [Konrad Oberhuber] XVIII c. compare G. de St. Aubin

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
1898.366
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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