Four Actresses in Theatrical Costume

Provenance

From an album (probably compiled in the 19th century) discovered in a private collection outside Paris c. 2004[1]. (Katrin Bellinger, Munich?). (Galerie de Bayser, Paris); purchased c. 2016 by Donald Stone, New York [1942- 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022. [1] See Jennifer Tonkovich, "A New Album of Theater Drawings by Claude Gillot." _Master Drawings_ 44, no. 4 (Winter, 2006): 464. This drawing is from the album but not catalogued by Tonkovich.

Four Actresses in Theatrical Costume

Gillot, Claude

c. 1721

Accession Number

2022.40.46

Medium

red and gray wash with pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 14.4 × 20.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Stone