Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto]

Provenance

Probably Charles Gasc (L.544), Paris, c. 1850; (Vente L. Tabourier, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 20-22 June 1898, no. 144); Richard S. Owen, Paris; purchased 1937 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1963 to NGA.

Three Studies of a Woman's Head and a Study of Hands [recto]

Watteau, Antoine

1718/1719

Accession Number

1963.15.34.a

Medium

red chalk and graphite with black chalk and pink wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 17.9 x 15.9 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection