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A drawing of a woman’s face in profile.

The drawing in oil on tracing paper depicts a woman center page, cropped beneath her collarbones. Her face is turned in profile to the right of the page, her gaze straight. She wears her dark, straight hair back; gathered at the nape. There are suggestions of a draped garment around her shoulders.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.3
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Head of a Young Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1855?
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296903

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil over graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.3 x 26.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gordon Washburn and Philip Hofer as homage to the "Ingriste" of the Fogg Museum
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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