Head of a Young Woman Facing Left

c. 1774

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder, after François Boucher

Associated Names
Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

The image shows a profile view of a person's head and neck, highlighting their facial features such as a nose, lips, and chin. The person has wavy hair styled in an updo with curls falling around the ear. The facial expression appears serene with the eye looking upwards. The lighting creates soft highlights on the face and hair. The background is a light blue color with a decorative border framing the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black, red, and blue on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.1 × 17 cm (9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.58

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 475

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 475.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Boucher del.; lower right in plate: Demarteau sc.; lower center in plate: A Paris chés Demarteau graveur du Roi, rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche; No. 475

Wikidata ID

Q76341199

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