Head of a Young Girl | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M15729
People: Gilles Demarteau, French (Liège 1722 - 1776)
Jean-Baptiste Huet, French (Paris 1745 - 1811 Paris)
Title: Head of a Young Girl
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: after 1771, printed after 1788
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/269793

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Crayon manner print

Dimensions

Image: 19.3 × 14 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 25.4 × 18.3 cm (10 × 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower left: J.B. Huet inv. del.
inscription: lower right: Demarteau sculp.
inscription: lower center: A Paris chès Demarteau Graveur du Roi rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche / No 494

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol VI, no. 494, p. 470; Leymarie 494

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift in memory of Adrienne Iselin Gilbert from her daughter (1978)
Object Number: M15729
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Catalogue des estampes gravées au crayon d’après différens maîtres, qui se vendent à Paris chés Demarteau, graveur du Roi, auct. cat. (Paris, 1788), cat. no. 494 [reference citation]

Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/11/2015

Subjects and Contexts

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M15729: Head of a Young Girl