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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.2
People
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
Title
Head of a Man
Other Titles
Former Title: Tête d'Homme
Former Title: Portrait de vieillard
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357308

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
33 × 23.5 cm (13 × 9 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pierre-Clément-Marie Faye (1770-1834), Lyon, by descent, sold [through De Baecque & Associés, Lyon, April 20, 2016, lot 33]. [Galerie Mazarini, Lyon], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dessins Anciens, Aquarelles & Tableaux du XVIe au Milieu du XXe Siècle, auct. cat., Galerie Mazarini (Lyon, June 8, 2016), no. 15B, 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. 13, fig. 2

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