A Man Drawing

Provenance

(Charles Ratton & Guy Ladriere, Paris); purchased 2019 by NGA.

A Man Drawing

Deshays, Jean-Baptiste

c. 1750

Accession Number

2019.136.1

Medium

black and white chalk on beige laid paper, laid down on old mount

Dimensions

sheet: 26.1 × 37.6 cm (10 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.) | mount: 37.6 × 51 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund