Study of the Head and Hands of an Old Woman Looking Up, by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, c. 1775
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Study of the Head and Hands of an Old Woman Looking Up

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735-1784)

c. 1775

Medium
Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on ivory laid paper, prepared with a blue ground, laid down on ivory laid paper
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
21.4 × 18.6 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Helene Payne Memorial Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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