Study of Three Heads by Louis Léopold Boilly — Louis Léopold Boilly. Study of Three Heads, ca. 1823. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study of Three Heads

by Louis Léopold Boilly

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Artist: Louis Léopold Boilly (French, La Bassée 1761–1845 Paris)
Date: ca. 1823
Medium: Black and white chalk, with stumping
Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in. (22.6 x 18 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Jill Newhouse, 2011
Accession no.: 2011.563

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