The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)

Provenance

Germain Seligman, New York [stamp]; sold by Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.

The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)

Charles Le Brun

1646 (recto); 18th century (verso)

Accession Number

113629

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, and traces of red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper, tipped on cream laid paper (recto), and red chalk transfer on cream laid paper

Dimensions

22.8 × 35.1 cm (9 × 13 7/8 in.)

Classification

drawings (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection