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Standing female figure full-length, in classical dress
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
1815
Medium/Technique
Drawing in black chalk on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.1 x 21.7 cm (12 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Print and Drawing Club
Accession Number2013.810
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Watermark" Profile portrait of Napoleon facing right, surrounded by the clockwise inscription NAPOLEON EMPEREUR FRANCVAIS ROI D'ITALIE, in a double circle surmounted by a garland
Inscriptionsdated lower left recto by the artist "17 Julliet 1815"; inscribed lower left in ink "Par Girodet," and with the ink initials of the executors of Girodet's estate (Alexis-Nicolas Perignon pere, Baron Frnacois Gerard, and Joseph Ferdinand Lacrenon)
ProvenanceApril 11-25, 1825, Girodet estate sale, Bonnefons de Lavialle and M. Pérignon, Paris. 1996, acquired from Swann Galleries, New York, by James Bergquist (dealer), Newton, MA; 2013, sold by James Bergquist to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)