Head of a Faun
Unknown French, French
after François Boucher, French, 1703 - 1770
about 1775
Red chalk and graphite on laid paper
Overall: 13 5/8 × 11 in. (34.6 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
D.984.3.3
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
None Watermark: Large Shield
Exhibition History
Antiquity in Rome from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment: Selections from Dartmouth's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 7-September 9, 2001.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, November 1, 2010-March 13, 2011.
Representing Myth: The Classical Tradition in Western Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-August 17, 1995.
Publication History
T. Barton Thurber and Adrian W.B. Randolph, Antiquity in Rome from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment: Selections from Dartmouth's Collections, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2001, listed p.73.
Provenance
Kate de Rothschild, London, England; sold to present collection, 1984.
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