Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast

Provenance

François Renaud [Lugt suppl. 1042]. Henri Michel-Lévy; sold, Paris, May 12-13, 1919, lot 90; Léon Michel-Lévy; sold, Paris, June 17-18, 1925, lot 65. Comte Charles de Noailles. Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell; sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 1986, lot 71, to Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, for the Art Institute.

Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast

Claude Gillot

c. 1700–1715

Accession Number

105451

Medium

Pen and black and red ink, and brush and red wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan card

Dimensions

15.7 × 21.2 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. William D. Shorey