Laughing Man

Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845)

undated

Medium/TechniqueBlack and white chalk with pink and gray highlights on brown paper

DimensionsSheet: 23 x 17.4 cm (9 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Framed: 45.7 x 38.7 cm (18 x 15 1/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2536

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ProvenanceJulien-Léopold (Jules) Boilly, Paris; December 14-16, 1874, Paris Hôtel des Commissaires-Priseurs, lot 101 (as "Une tête d'homme qui rit"); to A. & R. Ball Works of Art, New York; March 30, 1953, sold to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)