Study of a Woman's Head
Maker
Thomas Couture
(French, 1815 - 1879)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 18 × 14 3/4 in. (45.7 × 37.5 cm.)
frame: 35 × 31 1/2 × 5 in. (88.9 × 80 × 12.7 cm.)
DescriptionThe sketch shows the head of a girl, slightly turned toward the left, whence a light illumines the right cheek. The rest of the face is in greenish shadow, interrupted by a patch of ruddy glow below the left eye. A tangle of chestnut hair upon the forehead and down the sides of the face is suggested by a few strokes over the flat underpainting. The whole is placed against a background, stained with tawny drab.
SignedSigned at left:T.C.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
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