Study of a Woman

Provenance

Probably G. W. Knobelsdorff, Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; probably by descent to Andreas Kruger (died 1759), Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; by descent to his nephew, Andreas Ludwig Kruger (1743-1822), Potsdam; by descent to his son, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Kruger (1776-1828), Potsdam; by descent to his son. Sold by Adolphe Stein, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1971.

Study of a Woman

Nicolas Lancret

c. 1743

Accession Number

36722

Medium

Black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tannish-gray laid paper

Dimensions

28.1 × 18.6 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation