The Actors Making Ready (recto); Studies of the Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Provenance

Baron Taylor [Chennevières]. Charles-Philippe de Chennevières (died 1899), Paris, [Lugt 2072]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 6, 1898, lot 60. Paul Mathey (died 1929), Paris, [Lugt suppl. 2100b]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 18, 1901, lot 338. Jacques Guérin, Paris. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 20, 1922, lot 41. Albert Vuaflart (died 1927); sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 30, 1927, lot 69. British Rail Pension Fund; sold by Lexbourne Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

The Actors Making Ready (recto); Studies of the Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Claude Gillot

1705/10

Accession Number

74190

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash (recto) and pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash, with touches of pen and black ink and traces of red chalk (verso), on cream laid paper

Dimensions

15.8 × 26 cm (6 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Regenstein Collection