A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]

Provenance

(sale, Paris, Nouveau Drouot, 11 March 1988, lot 79); (sale, London, Christie's, 6 July 1993, no. 141); (Succi Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1994.

A Reclining Nude with Her Right Arm Raised over a Swift Composition Study [verso]

Deshays, Jean-Baptiste

c. 1763

Accession Number

1994.11.1.b

Medium

black chalk with touches of red chalk on buff laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 46.7 x 27.5 cm (18 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund