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(Unknown Artist)

3/4 Portrait of a Young Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: 3/4 Portrait of a Young Woman
Date: 19th Century
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 1/4" (195 x 136 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1018

(Attributed to Pompeo-Girolamo Batoni)

Head of a Woman

Artist: Attributed to Pompeo-Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787)
Title: Head of a Woman
Date: 18th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil and white chalk highlights
Dimensions: 7 2/5 x 5" (183 x 127 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0097

(Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds)

Head of a Woman

Artist: Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Title: Head of a Woman
Date: After 1830
Medium: Ink wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 7 x 6 2/5" (179 x 157 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0670

(Walter Shirlaw)

Head of Woman

Artist: Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909)
Title: Head of a Woman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal 
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 11" (420 x 277 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0228

(two entries) (Unknown Artist)

Head of a Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, English
Title: Head of a Woman
Date: c.1820
Medium: Graphite, inkwash and conte crayon
Dimensions: 5 x 5 1/2" (150 x 140 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0528

Head of a Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Head of a Woman (verso)
Date: c.1830
Medium: Black, brown and red chalk (recto)
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" (150 x 120 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0357b

(Unknown Artist)

Head of a Woman in a Hat

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Head of a Woman in a Hat
Date: c.1900
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 14 4/5" (540 x 378 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0930

(Circle of Carle (Charles André) Vanloo)

Head of a Woman in Mourning

Artist: Circle of Carle (Charles André) Vanloo (1705-1765)
Title: Head of a Woman in Mourning
Date: 18th century
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 6 x 5 2/5" (150 x 140 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0017

Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Head of an Old Woman

Artist: Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
Title: Head of an Old Woman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 6 x 5 1/2" (153 x 130 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0096

(two entries) (Unknown Artist)

Head of the Virgin

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Head of the Virgin
Date: c.1750
Medium: Graphite or charcoal pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 4 2/5" (142 x 112 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0418

Head of the Virgin

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Head of the Virgin
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black, red, and white chalk
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 3 3/5" (142 x 90 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0530

(Unknown Artist)

(Unknown Artist)

Portraitt of a Seated Woman

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Portrait of a Seated Woman
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 6 2/5 x 4 4/5" (165 x 124 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0838

(Follower of Ottavio Leoni)

Portrait of a Woman

Artist: Follower of Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630)
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Date: 17th century
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 8 x 5 4/5" (200 x 145 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0544

(Unknown Artist)

Portrait of a Woman with a Laurel Wreath on her Hair

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Portrait of a Woman with a Laurel Wreath on her Hair
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 5 2/5" (268 x 215 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0906

(Domenico Bruno)

Portrait of a Woman, bust length

Artist: Attributed to Domenico Bruno
Title: Portrait of a Woman, bust length
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal Graphite
Dimensions: 7 x 5" (181 x 130 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0487

 (Unknown Artist)

Profile Portrait of a Woman in Fancy Hat

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Profile Portrait of a Woman in Fancy Hat (manner of Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Date: c.1900
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2" (644 x 495 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0931


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