Head of a Faun

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after François Boucher

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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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