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Head of a Woman, for "Belshazzar's Feast" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Head of a Woman, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Head of a Woman, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Washington Allston

1824–1834

Medium: Red chalk on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 15 x 19.8 cm (5 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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