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Carmontelle
1717-1806
Portrait of a Lady Seated by a Fire
Black, red, and white chalk, watercolor, with a touch of pen and black ink to accent the sitter's eye, on paper.
7 9/16 x 8 9/16 inches (196 x 218 mm)
Purchased on the Walter C. Baker Fund.
1981.51
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Provenance:
Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1 June 1981, lot 21 (as Mme de Castellane), repr. on cover; Baskett & Day, London.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 246-247.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 60.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 59, repr. in color.
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