Portrait of a Man Holding a Book, Turned to the Right

Quick Overview

Artist

Jean-Étienne Liotard / Swiss, 1702-1789

Date

1758/62

Medium

Black and white chalk, with traces of red chalk, on blue laid paper, rubbed on the verso with vermillion and traced with a stylus

Dimensions

53 × 45.8 cm (20 7/8 × 18 1/16 in.)

Type

Drawing

Classification

drawings (visual works)

Place

Switzerland

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Regenstein Endowment Fund

Accession no.

2012.373