Study of a Female Head
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879). Study of a Female Head, 1872. Oil on canvas, 23 15/16 × 18 in. (60.8 × 45.7 cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (79.4 × 64.1 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 24.106. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Study of a Female Head
Date
1872
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
23 15/16 × 18 in. (60.8 × 45.7 cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (79.4 × 64.1 × 7 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left (initials in monogram): "WMH"; signed lower right (initials in monogram): "WMH"
Markings
Center verso, ink: oval canvas stamp, faded and difficult to read “Frost & A [illegible]” can be made out at the top of the stamp - Likely Frost & Adams, a Boston based art supplier. See CONS.24.106_2024_rev_mk in conservation images for a tracing of the stamp.
Credit Line
John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Accession Number
24.106
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