A Distraught Woman with Her Head Thrown Back

1775/80

Details

Title: A Distraught Woman with Her Head Thrown Back
Date Created: 1775/80
Physical Dimensions: overall: 19.6 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme. David (sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, under no. 16); purchased by one of David's pupils, Mlle. X (name obliterated);[1] by descent in her family; (Bruno de Bayser, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA. [1] According to inscription on flyleaf.
Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

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