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Seated Persian

Seated Persian

(French, 1684–1721)
undated
Medium/TechniqueRed chalk (sanguine)
DimensionsFramed: 43.8 x 36.2 x 7 cm (17 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 28.4 x 21 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2612
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance[Jean de Julienne]; Marquis de Chennevières, Paris; Hôtel Drouot , Paris, 5-6 May 1898, lot 191; G. Mühlbacher; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 15-18 May 1899, no.308; [Sigismond Bardac;] by 1928, Mortimer Schiff, London; Christie's, London, 24 June 1938, lot 53; George de Batz and Co., New York; April 4, 1951, sold by George de Batz and Co. to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 – d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)