A Boy Wearing a Military Cap

French 18th Century

Associated Names
French 18th Century

Artist

The image shows the head of a person facing the viewer directly. The facial features include a round face, rounded cheeks, a defined nose, and a neutral expression on their lips. The person's eyes are open and gazing directly forward. They wear a cap slightly slouched to the side, with hair peeking out showing gentle waves or curls. The individual has on a garment with a loose-fitting collar tied in the front with a bow. The background is a plain, textured paper. No jewelry or additional objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.3 x 20.3 cm (9 9/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.77.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

B. Lasquin; (sale Paris, Georges Petit, 7-8 June 1928, no. 53, as François-Hubert Drouais); (P&D Colnaghi, London, 1968-1969); Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976] (his mark, not in Lugt); by descent to Dr. and Mrs. George M. Baer, Atlanta; purchase 1992 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1985

  • Eric M. Zafran, Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso: The Curtis O.Bear Collection (exhibition catalogue), Atlanta, the High Museum of Art (not exhibited): 189, no. 155.

Inscriptions

on mount by later hand, upper right verso in ball-point pen: Hubert Drousais; on mount by later hand, lower left vero in graphite: 2/0334/41 1/2; on mount by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: D 30377

Markings

B (Baer coll., Lugt undescribed); GGL (Lugt undescribed)

Wikidata ID

Q64570788

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