Study of Female Head (recto); Classical Male Head (verso)

Quick Overview

Artist: Henri Cros / French, 1840-1907
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso), on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 46.6 × 39.1 cm (18 3/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink or chalk wash
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Elizabeth Gott Templeton and Joseph T. Ryerson Endowments
Accession no.: 1988.281

Sheet of Studies
Henri Cros
c. 1900 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004489
Sketches: Profile Heads, Coins or Medals (recto); Trees (verso)
Henri Cros
c. 1885 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005111
Portrait of an Infant
Henri Cros
1800s-1900s · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012432

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.