Head of a Young Woman
1773
Artist, French, 1722 - 1776
Artist After, French, 1684 - 1721
Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after Antoine Watteau
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
chalk manner printed in red and black
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall (4th framing line): 24.1 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
image: 21.7 x 14.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1997.88.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Leymarie 1896, no. 419
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, London); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, DC; by descent to Philip and Judith Benedict; gift to NGA, 1997.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 43.
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 28, as Head of a Young Woman by Gilles Demarteau the Elder after Antoine Watteau.
Bibliography
1896
Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 419.
1994
A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 43.
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 28.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Watteau del.; lower right in plate: Demarteau sc.; across bottom in plate: A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur (paper abraded) rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche N. 419; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: [pa?]933; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 8
Wikidata ID
Q75122124