Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Head of a Young Woman

Jean-Baptiste Greuze
1725-1805

Head of a Young Woman

16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (413 x 311 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
I, 285

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in ink at lower right corner, "J. B. Greuze".
Associated names
Renaud, François, 18th cent., former owner.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 285, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department