Tony Johannot
1803-1852
Physician Taking a Patient's Pulse
Pen and ink and wash over graphite and red chalk, touched with white, on paper.
6 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches (165 x 122 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2130
Inscription:
Drawing tipped onto mount inscribed at foot, "Johannot."
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
Attribution from inscription on mount.
Preliminary sketch by Johannot, possibly a design for Moliere's "Malade imaginaire".
Summary:
Drawing shows a physician in the black robes and tall conical hat of his profession standing beside a seated man in a wide brimmed feathered hat and taking his pulse; a third unfinished figure, the face inked in and the remainder of the figure delineated in red chalk, stands at far left.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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