Accession number
PML 198162, fol. 80, no. 1
Creator
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722, printmaker.
Published
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [18th century]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2018.
Notes
Title and statement of responsibility from finished state (cf. Populus).
The first state, etching before all letters, and before the reworking of the floor, shadow and feet of the figure.
One of a set of 10 theatrical portraits or costume plates by Claude Gillot, described by Populus under the collective title "Les portraits d'acteurs".
"The plates were unfinished at the time of Gillot's death. Later, they were finished with engraved lines, and titles (the actors' names) added. Populus and the BN Inventaire highlight the significance of the title given to the series by Mariette, 'Habits de theatre et de ballets', as it implies that Gillot did not see the series as a set of portraits, but as a set of costume plates."--Fitzwilliam Museum online catalog.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
The first state, etching before all letters, and before the reworking of the floor, shadow and feet of the figure.
One of a set of 10 theatrical portraits or costume plates by Claude Gillot, described by Populus under the collective title "Les portraits d'acteurs".
"The plates were unfinished at the time of Gillot's death. Later, they were finished with engraved lines, and titles (the actors' names) added. Populus and the BN Inventaire highlight the significance of the title given to the series by Mariette, 'Habits de theatre et de ballets', as it implies that Gillot did not see the series as a set of portraits, but as a set of costume plates."--Fitzwilliam Museum online catalog.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Description
1 print : etching ; sheet: 164 x 113 mm
Provenance
Acquired in Paris by Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton (1720-1794), Duke of Newcastle, Clumber Library, ca. 1750 (his arms on the front cover); by descent until his library was dispersed at Christie's, London, in four parts between 21 June 1937 and 14 February 1938; Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986), Jardin de Flore, Paris, Cent livres illustrés du XV au XX siècle (1977), item 40; Librarie Fernand de Nobele, Paris, Livres sur les beaux-arts, les arts decoratifs et les objets de collection, bibliographie, imprimerie (1981), lot no. 39204; André Jammes (b. 1927), Paris; sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 28 November 2018, lot 3.
Summary
Print shows an actor identified in the caption as "Ermand" (i.e. Armand Huguet) of the Comédie Française, standing full-length, facing forward, costumed, according to the caption text, as the character of Sganarelle from Moliere's Le médecin malgré lui, wearing a ruffed collar, full cloak with a round hem, short baggy breeches, and large beret.
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