Head of a Faun

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 displays a detailed drawing of a person's head and shoulders in profile facing to the left, capturing the upper part of the body. The person has curly hair adorned with what appears to be laurel leaves or similar foliage intertwined with small horns. They wear a loose garment that droops over their shoulder. The background has shaded areas formed by distinct lines that radiate outwards from the figure. The drawing is rendered in a single-color tone, focusing on texture and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Regina Slatkin

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.3 x 21.9 cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.91.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. Kram (Lugt 581). Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 4.

1978

  • Jean-Richard 1978, 591.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Boucher del. / AParis rue de la Pelterie a la cloche / Demarteau l'ne ScCPR

Wikidata ID

Q74066280

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