Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
1735-1784
A Carpenter
17 1/4 x 11 9/16 inches (439 x 292 mm)
Black chalk, stumped, red and white chalks, on buff-colored paper; on an eighteenth-century mount.
1999.27
Purchased on the Ryskamp Fund, and as the gift of an anonymous donor in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
This sheet is a study for the figure of the carpenter from "A Carpenter's Shop", a now lost painting that the artist submitted to the Salon of 1775. A smaller altered version still exists in a private collection in the United States, as well as an engraving by Jean-Paul Le Bas which records the original composition.
This sheet is a study for the figure of the carpenter from "A Carpenter's Shop", a now lost painting that the artist submitted to the Salon of 1775. A smaller altered version still exists in a private collection in the United States, as well as an engraving by Jean-Paul Le Bas which records the original composition.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed, in pen and ink, at lower right, "Lépicié".
Associated names
Renaud, François, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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