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Head of Vengeance, c. 1804. Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan).
Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan) · 50.8 × 39.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Head of Vengeance
- Artist
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon French, 1758-1823
- Date
- c. 1804
- Medium
- Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan)
- Dimensions
- 50.8 × 39.9 cm (20 × 15 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Arthur Heun Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1758–1823
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.