Head of a laughing old man

Title

Head of a laughing old man

Draughtsman

• Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• French classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing
• chalk drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• expression study
• portrait study?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unten rechts monogrammiert: [D]B [ligiert]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): 9''' 10''' - 7'' 8'''
Verso mittig rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait

Primary

• 31B62321(+1) laughing (+ front view)
• 31D16(+1) old man (+ front view)