Provenance
Mme. Thalmann, by 1927;[1] Private collection, France, then by descent to a nephew from c. 1950 until 1999; (Artemis SA Luxembourg Succursale de Geneve, Switzerland); purchased 2001 by NGA.
[1] See provenance information in _Quentin de la Tour et des Pastellistes Francaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles en l'Hôtel Jean Charpentier_. Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1927, no. 115 (Emile Dacier and P. Ratouis de Limay).
Claim file at National Archives has been checked. This drawing does not appear to be among those taken by the ERR from Thalmann.
Accession Number
2001.21.1
Medium
pastel on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (oval): 61.4 x 51.2 cm (24 3/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke