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French School
18th century
Portrait of Woman Wearing a Cap
Black, red, pink and white chalk with some stumping, on cream colored paper mounted on gray-green paper.
12 13/16 x 9 7/16 inches (324 x 240 mm)
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Carl Stern.
1974.62
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Watermark: illegible.
Inscription:
Inscribed and dated at lower left of old mount in black chalk, "J.B.S. Chardin 177(7?)".
Provenance:
Paul McCarron Fine Prints, New York.
Associated names:
Stern, Anne Bigelow, donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 164.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 98.
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