Marie Louise Petit at the Age of 105, with Her Young Nurse

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 Carmontelle

1765

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

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Ivan and Winifred Phillips in Memory of Neil Phillips