Head of a Woman Looking Down, c. 1788

Not on View

Medium

chalk manner and tool work, printed in red, black, and blue

Dimensions

image: 50.8 x 37.4 cm (20 x 14 3/4 in.)

sheet: 64 x 47.6 cm (25 3/16 x 18 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in honor of Philip Conisbee

Accession Number

2003.27.1

Artists / Makers

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (artist) French, 1750 - 1802

François-André Vincent (artist after) French, 1746 - 1816

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left of mount: Vincent del.; lower right of mount: Demarteau sculp. 1788 / No. 662; lower center of mount: A Paris chez Demarteau, Graveur Cloître St. Benoît

Provenance

Private collector (Lugt 610). (Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Johnson, Jan

Exhibition History

2003: Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 73, as Head of a Woman Looking Down by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after François-André Vincent.

Bibliography

2003: Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 73.