Watermark: fragmentary.
Acquired as by Antoine Coypel, this study of a girl demonstrates the appeal of using a combination of red, black, and white chalk on a medium ground for portrait studies. The use of colored chalks and pastels for such studies became more frequent in France and in the North during the second half of the seventeenth century and this sheet may be the work of a northern artist.
Coypel, Antoine, 1661-1722, Formerly attributed to.
Batz, Georges De, former owner.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eigth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1957. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1957, p. 75-76. (as attributed to Antoine Coypel)
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 139. (as attributed to Antoine Coypel)
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 36. (as French School, 17th cent.)