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Head of Bacchante by François Boucher — VisualArtsDB

Head of Bacchante

Head of Bacchante

François Boucher

1723–1770

Medium: Red chalk and black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on buff wove paper
Dimensions: 19.8 × 14.5 cm (7 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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