The Shipwreck

Provenance

The artist to M. Mariant [inscription on back of stretcher]. Private collection, England. Sold by Simon Dickinson, London, to Miguel Maria de Sá Pais do Amaral, 4th Count of Alferrarede (born 1954), Lisbon, Portugal, early 1990s; sold, Christies, Paris, Nov. 28, 2017, lots 610–611, to Didier Aaron, Paris; sold to the Art Institute, 2018

The Shipwreck

Jean Baptiste Pillement

1782

Accession Number

243812

Medium

Pastel on gessoed canvas

Dimensions

57.5 × 91 cm (22 11/16 × 35 7/8 in.)

Classification

pastel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund