Provenance
Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle; (his sale, Paris, 17 April 1807, part of no. 22); Chevalier Richard de Lédans, Paris; (his sale, Paris, 3 November 1816); Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris; (his sale, Paris, 18 July 1831, part of lot 304); to John Duff. (sale, Christie's New York, 22 January 2003, no. 69). (sale, Sotheby's London, 3 July 2013, no. 89); ; purchased (via Jean-Luc Baroni, London) in 2013 by NGA.
Marie Louise Petit at the Age of 105, with Her Young Nurse
Carrogis, Louis de, called Carmontelle1765
Accession Number
2013.195.1
Medium
watercolor over black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on cream laid paper (cut across the top and reattached), laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 29.4 × 30.3 cm (11 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.) | mount: 40.2 × 31.3 cm (15 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Purchased as the Gift of Ivan and Winifred Phillips in Memory of Neil Phillips
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