Nicolas Lancret
1690-1743
Four Figure Studies
13 5/8 x 11 7/16 inches (346 x 290 mm)
Upper left: red and white chalk, on light brown paper; upper right: red and white chalk, on blue paper; lower left: red and black chalk, with white chalk, some stumping, on light brown paper; lower right: black and white chalk with highlights on blue paper.
I, 280
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Four studies put together as one sheet.
Formerly attributed to Jean Baptiste Pater.
Four studies put together as one sheet.
Formerly attributed to Jean Baptiste Pater.
Associated names
Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph, 1695-1736, Formerly attributed to.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 280, repr.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 45, (as Pater but with the suggestion that the drawing may be by Lancret)
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 43, repr. (as Lancret).
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 45, (as Pater but with the suggestion that the drawing may be by Lancret)
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 43, repr. (as Lancret).
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