The Card Sharp on the Boulevard

Provenance

Marie-Caroline-Ferdinande-Louise de Naples, duchesse de Berry [1798-1870];[1] (her sale, Bellavoine and Margny, Paris, 28 January 1848, no. 80, as _Le diseur de bonne aventure_). Forestier; (estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11-15 December 1871, no. 6). Duc de Persigny, Château de Charamande; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 March 1876, no. 4, as _Une scène de boulevard_); purchased by Gillet. (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13-14 December 1943, no. 68, as _Scenes des boulevards_). (Sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 23 February 1986, no. 310, as _Scène de Boulevard_). (Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 27 January 2000, no. 67); purchased 11 February 2000 through (Agnew's Inc., London) by NGA. [1] The Duchesse's coat of arms, with inventory no. 23, are on the reverse of the panel.

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard

Boilly, Louis-Léopold

1806

Accession Number

2000.5.1

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 24 x 33 cm (9 7/16 x 13 in.) | framed: 40.3 x 48.3 x 5.1 cm (15 7/8 x 19 x 2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Victoria and Roger Sant