Study of a head of a woman
Study of a head of a woman

Currently not on view

Study of a head of a woman,

ca. 1887

Jean-Jacques Henner, French, 1829–1905
1995-71

Information

Title
Study of a head of a woman
Dates

ca. 1887

Maker
Jean-Jacques Henner
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.5 x 33 cm. (18 5/16 x 13 in.) frame: 61 × 54.1 × 6 cm (24 × 21 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Shepard Kimberly II, Class of 1945, and Mrs. Shepard Kimberly II
Object Number
1995-71
Signatures
Upper left: J J Henner
Culture
French
Type
studies (visual works), busts, oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
figures (representations), women

Paris Gallery; 1920 purchase by Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Cooke, Buffalo, N.Y.; by 1924, by descent to Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Kimberly II; 1995 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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