Bust of an Old Man

Provenance

Destouches (his sale, Paris, 5 March 1847, lot 48); Mahérault (his sale, Paris, 27-29 May 1880, lot 102); Charles Brück (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 2 February 1917, lot 59); David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly; sold 1937 to (Wildenstein and Co., Inc., New York); Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1972, lot 13); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Bust of an Old Man

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste

probably 1763

Accession Number

2011.42.3

Medium

red, black, and white chalks with stumping and erasure on light brown laid paper, with later framing line in dark brown ink

Dimensions

overall: 46.6 x 37.6 cm (18 3/8 x 14 13/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner