Title: A Distraught Woman with Her Head Thrown Back
Creator: Jacques-Louis David
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Provenance: Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme.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.