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Physician Taking a Patient's Pulse

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Tony Johannot
1803-1852

Physician Taking a Patient's Pulse

6 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches (165 x 122 mm)
Pen and ink and wash over graphite and red chalk, touched with white, on paper.
1986.2130

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Attribution from inscription on mount.
Preliminary sketch by Johannot, possibly a design for Moliere's "Malade imaginaire".
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing tipped onto mount inscribed at foot, "Johannot."
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department