Jean Alaux
      
            1786-1864
      
            Head of a Persian
9 1/16 x 8 1/8 inches (230 x 206 mm)
      
            Black chalk on paper.
      
            2004.7 
      
            Gift of John M. Thayer.
Notes
              Alaux, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1815, was William Bouguereau's master.
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              Signed, "Rome Alaux".
          Associated names
              Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.
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