Young Woman with Her Head Covered
1767
Artist, French, 1722 - 1776
Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after François Boucher

Artwork overview
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Medium
chalk manner printed in red and black
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Credit Line
Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips, in memory of Neil Phillips
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Dimensions
Overall (2nd framing line): 33.1 x 25.1 cm (13 1/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
image: 32.2 x 24.4 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2002.90.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Leymarie 1896, no. 156
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2002 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 14, as.
Bibliography
1896
Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 156.
1978
Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'oeuvre grave de François Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978.
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 14.
Inscriptions
across bottom of plate: Neuvieme Esteampe a plusieurs Crayons. Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur de la Haye. A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur de Roy, ruë de la Pelterie à la Cloche près le Palais. No. 156.
Wikidata ID
Q76341175