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Study of Four Heads: Three Wearing Helmets, Plate 9

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Study of Four Heads: Three Wearing Helmets, Plate 9
ArtistFrench, 1726–1786
AfterFrench, 1703–1770
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Study of Four Heads: Three Wearing Helmets, Plate 9
  • Recueil de differénts caractéres de Testes Dessinées d'apres la Colonne Trajane par François Boucher (Study of Different Types of Heads Designed after the Column of Trajan)
    par François Boucher
Datec. 1700
MediumEtching on laid paper
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (39.4 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael W. Dale
Object number2022.256
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and printmaker, 18th century; [Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, as of 2021-2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition History"Life and Times in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Nov. 2, 2025--Jan. 25, 2026.
Published References None known Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
None
None known.
Catalogue raisonnéRoux, Cats. 28-39

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