The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)
Charles Le Brun · 1646 (recto); 18th century (verso)
Provenance
Ownership history
- Germain Seligman, New York [stamp]; sold by Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 39 (recto).
Literature
Published references
- Harold Joachim, French Drawings of the 16th and 17th Centuries (Chicago, 1977), p. 18, no. 1D1 (recto).
- "Charles le Brun avant 1646: Contribution aux Problemes de sa Formation et de ses Oeuvres de Jeunesse," Bulletin de la Societe de l’Histoire de l’Art Francais (1977) p. 99 (ill.) (recto).
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