Head of a Young Woman

1773

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in red and black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip and Judith Benedict

  • 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

    1997.88.6

  • 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

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