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Head of a Gentleman [recto]

1770/1780

Joseph Ducreux

Artist, French, 1735 - 1802

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Artwork overview

Medium

red, black, and white chalks with stumping on brown paper
Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien in memory of Genevieve Aymonier, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 38.5 x 28.8 cm (15 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Accession

1991.23.2.a

Head of a Gentleman [verso]

Joseph Ducreux

1770

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 40.

Inscriptions

upper right in pen and brown ink: N. 2h

Wikidata ID

Q64591138

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