Gaiety and Grief

Provenance

(Galerie Cailleux, Paris); acquired 1987 by the NGA.

Gaiety and Grief

Cochin II, Charles-Nicolas

1774/1775

Accession Number

1987.29.2

Medium

red chalk with touches of black chalk on laid paper, laid down, with border lines drawn by the artist

Dimensions

overall (sheet): 12.7 x 7.9 cm (5 x 3 1/8 in.) | image (to border line): 10.8 x 6.3 cm (4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund