The Public in the Salon of the Louvre, Viewing the Painting of the "Sacre"

Provenance

Antoine-Vincent Arnault (sale, Paris, Coutelier, 15-18 April 1835, lot 20); W.W. Hope (sale, Paris, Pouchet, 12 June 1855, lot 32); Eugène Tondu (apparently his sale, Paris, Pillet, 24 April 1865); Emile Delagarde, by 1930; E.M. Hermes; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 November 1984, lot 1); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.

The Public in the Salon of the Louvre, Viewing the Painting of the "Sacre"

Boilly, Louis-Léopold

begun 1808

Accession Number

1991.182.8

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor over traces of graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 59.5 x 80.3 cm (23 7/16 x 31 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection