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Alphonse Legros

Head of a Horse from the Parthenon, 1898

Not on View

Medium

goldpoint with scraping on white commercially prepared paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 24 x 29.3 cm (9 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.5487

Artists / Makers

Alphonse Legros (artist) French, 1837 - 1911

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Inscription

upper right in graphite: A. Legros / 1898; in later hand,center verso in graphite: 2 1/2" Top & Sides / 3 1/2 Bottom

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown PA; gift 1943 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

2015: Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The British Museum, London, 2015, no. 83.

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