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Head of an Old Woman

Date

before 1639

Creator

Simon Vouet

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The sheet in the Snite Collection may be a study for the figure of Saint Anne for an altarpiece showing an entombment, now lost and known only through an engraving by Pierre Daret (ca. 1604–1678) dated 1639. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)

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The sheet in the Snite Collection may be a study for the figure of Saint Anne for an altarpiece showing an entombment, now lost and known only through an engraving by Pierre Daret (ca. 1604–1678) dated 1639. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
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  • The sheet in the Snite Collection may be a study for the figure of Saint Anne for an altarpiece showing an entombment, now lost and known only through an engraving by Pierre Daret (ca. 1604–1678) dated 1639. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
  • The sheet in the Snite Collection may be a study for the figure of Saint Anne for an altarpiece showing an entombment, now lost and known only through an engraving by Pierre Daret (ca. 1604–1678) dated 1639. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
Simon Vouet (French, 1590 - 1649)
before 1639
Drawings
Black and white chalk on brown paper, laid down
2014.061.177
women
Not on view, please request access
5 1/2 x 5 in. (13.97 x 12.7 cm)
Bequest of John D. Reilly, ND '63, '64

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