Our drawing combines many of the stylistic features typical of Edmé Bouchardon’s hand, such as the network of cross-hatching and the treatment of the hair. An engraving by J. Aubert was made from this drawing in 1738 and is included in the collection entitled Livre de diverses figures d’académies dessinées d’après le naturel par Edme Bouchardon, sculpteur du Roy, a copy of which is held by the Institut National d’histoire de l’art.