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Study of a Man's Head

(French, 1814–1875)
about 1862
Medium/TechniqueBlack conté crayon on dark beige laid paper
Dimensions11.9 x 9 cm (4 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter
Accession number63.2697
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsJ. F. M. stamped in black lower center. Oval vente Millet stamp lower right.
ProvenanceMillet (Lugt 1460) studio sale (Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May, 1875, possibly no. 188); Mrs. John Alden Carpenter, Manchester, Massachusetts; acquired December 1963
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