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Head of a Child

Dominique Vivant Denon and Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Child

c. 1786

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Head of a Child

Dominique Vivant Denon and Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of a Child

Head of a Child

c. 1786

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 205 × 157 mm. (8 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.) Plate: 182 × 133 mm. (7 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.944
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Below the image in the center "Gre...Den..."

Markings: None

Artist

Dominique Vivant Denon

French, 1747 - 1825

French, 1747 - 1825
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Artist

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

French, 1725-1805

French, 1725-1805
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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAIT OF DE WAEL AND BROTHER
Dominique Vivant Denon and Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of De Wael and Brother
n.d.
A CHILD'S HEAD
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
A Child's Head
n.d.
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS
Dominique Vivant Denon and Jacopo Tintoretto
The Adoration of the Shepherds
n.d.
VIRGIN, TURNED TO LEFT, WITH CLOAK OVER HER HEAD, HOLDING CHILD ON HER ARM
Cornelis Schut
Virgin, Turned to Left, with Cloak over Her Head, Holding Child on Her Arm
n.d.
Two Lions and a Lioness
Dominique Vivant Denon and Martin Ferdinand Quadal
Two Lions and a Lioness
c. 1787
THREE CHILDREN PLAYING, THE MIDDLE ONE STANDING ON HIS HEAD
Cornelis Schut
Three Children Playing, the Middle One Standing on His Head
n.d.
Essai au Grayon a la Plume et a L'Estompe
Dominique Vivant Denon
Essai au Grayon a la Plume et a L'Estompe
1809
SKETCH PLATE WITH NINE CHILDREN'S HEADS
Johann Eleazar Schenau
Sketch Plate with Nine Children's Heads
1765
PHILOSOPHY BRINGING ILLUMINATION TO IGNORANCE
Dominique Vivant Denon
Philosophy Bringing Illumination to Ignorance
1790
HEAD OF A CHILD
Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Head of a Child
n.d.
Head of a Man, seen from the right
Dominique Vivant Denon
Head of a Man, seen from the right
1818
HEAD OF A CHILD - APOLLON
Henri Matisse
Head of a Child - Apollon
1914