Study of a Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Date: c.1872-73
Media: Silverpoint on paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 7.2 cm
Location: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Picture credit: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Reference number: 1946.35.26 verso

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Half-length study of a female figure. The pose is similar to that of the figure in blue, to the left of the painting 'Captive Andromache' (1888, Manchester Art Gallery). 

Provenance

Purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from Geoffrey Steele (antiquarian bookseller, c.1907-2000) from his bookshop at RFD 1, Mahopac, New York, in 1946 for $6.00.