Man Reaching Down and Two Studies of Heads (recto)

Provenance

Émile Calando [1840 - 1898], Paris, (Lugt 837 with inv. no. 994); (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 December 1899, no. 239). (sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2015, no. 122); (Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris); purchased by NGA, 2017.

Man Reaching Down and Two Studies of Heads (recto)

Jouvenet, Jean-Baptiste

before 1698

Accession Number

2017.86.1.a

Medium

red and black chalks heightened with white on brown paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38.4 × 25.9 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund