Description
Elegant and morally uplifting scenes like the one featured in this highly finished small painting in watercolor and gouache were highly desirable to French collectors in the years just prior to the French Revolution, especially as decorations for their private cabinets. Claude Hoin was a provincial artist who came to Paris to study with the moralistic artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 10, 1995, lot 168, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA., given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Accession Number
136938
Medium
Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 40.8 × 27.7 cm (16 1/8 × 10 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 47.5 × 34 cm (18 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
