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Head of Thérèse Degas, profile to L. Study of draped figure and a detail of drapery
Draughtsman: Degas, Edgar
History note: Guiot; Sir T.D. Barlow; A.S.F. Gow
Height: 285 mm
Width: 236 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1978-02-08) by Gow, A. S. F.
Study on verso appears to be of a bare-footed monk, reading. It is probably a copy of a painting, but a virtual replica of it is in th collection of Maurice Exsteens, who suggests that the drawing is from a model.
Support
composed of
paper
( pinkish)
Medium, Verso
composed of
whitening
chalk
Drawing : Recto: graphite verso: chalk with white highlights on pink washed paper
Accession number: PD.24-1978
Primary reference Number: 6280
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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