Female Roman Statue Seen from the Back
Artist, French, 1594 - 1665

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brush with brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (lunette): 25 x 11.9 cm (9 13/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1973.49.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rosenberg/Prat 1994, Vol. R, no. 1282, State (as not by Poussin)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely [1618-1680] (Lugt 2092); (Colnaghi, London); purchased by NGA, 1973.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1988
Poussin. The Early Years in Rome. The Origins of French Classisism. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1988, no. D187.
Bibliography
1974
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:209.
Blunt, Anthony. "Newly Identified Drawings by Poussin and his Followers." Master Drawings 12 (1974), 209.
1994
Rosenberg, Pierre, and Louis-Antoine Prat. Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665. Catalogue raisonné des dessins. Milan: Leonardo Editore, 1994.
Inscriptions
lower left verso in brown ink: Polidoro / 3.; lower right verso in graphite: D243
Watermarks
Fleur-de-lis, circled, surmounted by two-prong crown
Wikidata ID
Q64536896