Provenance
Sold by Lucille Cohen, London, to the Marquis de Biron (Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron; died 1939), Paris, 1909 [according to Paris 1952]; by descent to his nephew, the Duc de Talleyrand, Paris, by 1958 [according to Morassi 1958]. Sold by Rosenberg and Steibel, New York, to the Art Institute, 1968.
Accession Number
29413
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
30.4 × 45.6 cm (12 × 18 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
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