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Head of a Young Woman (Madame de Pompadour)
Head of a Young Woman (Madame de Pompadour)

Head of a Young Woman (Madame de Pompadour)

Unidentified artist, French, second quarter 18th century
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensionsm (10 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2639
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMiss St. Clair Campbell, "The Globe," Penshurst, Kent [see note 1]. By 1945, Howard Back Works of Art, New York; March 15, 1945, sold by Howard Back to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876- d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

Notes:
[1] According to a label on the reverse of the painting.
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