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Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right
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Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right

François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727–1775), artist · 1758? · black chalk, with stumping

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About this work

Although once attributed to the painter Louis Tocqué (1696-1772), this beautiful drawing of a young girl is closer to the work of another important portraitist of the 1700s, François-Hubert Drouais. The inscription at the lower left identifies the girl as a certain Marie-Thérèse, but this writing was probably added later, and we have no way of knowing for certain who she is.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineHead of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right, 1758?. Attributed to François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727–1775). Black chalk, with stumping; sheet: 29.6 x 25 cm (11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.397
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