Two Studies of a Guitar Player in Turkish Costume

Provenance

Probably G. W. Knobelsdorff, Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; probably by descent to Andreas Kruger (died 1759), Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; by descent to his nephew, Andreas Ludwig Kruger (1743-1822), Potsdam; by descent to his son, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Kruger (1776-1828), Potsdam; by descent to his son. Sold by Adolphe Stein, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1971.

Two Studies of a Guitar Player in Turkish Costume

Nicolas Lancret

c. 1728

Accession Number

36720

Medium

Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

22.1 × 31 cm (8 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Helen Regenstein Collection