Head of a Venerable Man

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau

Artist, French, 1750 - 1802

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in red

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 57.6 x 45 cm (22 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 65.7 x 50.2 cm (25 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.162.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Grossherzogliches Museum, Schwerin. Ellwanger/Mescha Collection, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Bouchardon del.; lower center in plate: Tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur de Julienne / Paris chez demarteau Rue de la Pellerie a la Cloche; lower right: DeMarteau l'ne Sculp. C.P.R.; by later hand, lower right in ink: No 2 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q76341266

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