Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Hat

1773

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black and red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.5 × 16.8 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession

    2017.19.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 419


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Mr. Gregory E. Mescha, Baltimore; bequest to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 419.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Watteau del./ lower right in plate: Demarteau sc.; lower center in plate: A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur et Pensionnaire du Roi rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche N. 419

Wikidata ID

Q76341230


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