Portrait Head of a Woman

Jean Léon Gérôme, 1800s

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Portrait Head of a Woman, 1800s. graphite.

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graphite · Sheet: 24 x 21.1 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Portrait Head of a Woman
Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)
Date: 1800s
Medium: graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 24 x 21.1 cm (9 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1824–1904

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