Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
1734-1781
Russian Scene with a Log House and Peasants
Brown and gray washes, over brown chalk, with white opaque watercolor, on paper.
12 3/8 x 18 1/2 inches (314 x 470 mm)
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows.
1952.2
Provenance: 
August Grahl, Dresden (1791-1886; Lugt 1199); Léon Voillemot, Paris (Lugt S. 789d); H.M. Calmann, Ltd., London.
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Grahl, August, 1791-1868, former owner.
Voillemot, Léon, 1881-1949, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Third Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1952, pp. 68-69.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 154.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 79.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 79, repr.

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