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Study for the Head of the Virgin (in the Nativity, 1777)

Study for the Head of the Virgin (in the Nativity, 1777)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
about 1777
Medium/TechniqueBlack chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 27.6 cm (8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.275
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceThe artist until 1815; his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst, until 1863; Lyndhurst Library sale, 26-27 Feb., 1864; to Graves; Weyhe Galleries, NY, about 1929, to Maxim Karolik, Newport for Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 1939
Mother and Two Children (Study for The Pepperrell Family)
Mother and Two Children (Study for The Pepperrell Family)
John Singleton Copley
1777–78
Recto: Study for the Figure of Princess Mary (Daughters of George III)
Verso: Studies from the Antique(?)
John Singleton Copley
1774–85
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officer Leading Troops and Wounded Drummer; verso: Robed Figure and Two Geometric Torso Studies)
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officer Leading Troops and Wounded Drummer; verso: Robed Figure and Two Geometric Torso Studies)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Studies for " The Knatchbull Family" Recto: Mother and child/ and two children Verso: Lady Knatchbull and child; two children playing
Studies for " The Knatchbull Family"
Recto: Mother and child/ and two children
Verso: Lady Knatchbull and child; two children playing
John Singleton Copley
1800–03
Study for "The Knatchbull Family": A Daughter ( figure at right)
Study for "The Knatchbull Family": A Daughter ( figure at right)
John Singleton Copley
1800–03
Image Not Available for Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar" Running Male Figure (Figure on Cannon in Longboat)
Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar" Running Male Figure (Figure on Cannon in Longboat)
John Singleton Copley
1785–88
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Young Boy and Fleeing Mother and Child)
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Young Boy and Fleeing Mother and Child)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child; verso: Wounded Soldier holding a Musket)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child)
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officers supporting Major Peirson, Fleeing Woman and Child)
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officers supporting Major Peirson, Fleeing Woman and Child)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Dying French Officer and Other Figures)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Image Not Available for Study for "The Knatchbull Family" : Mother and two Children
Study for "The Knatchbull Family" : Mother and two Children
John Singleton Copley
1800–03