Monsieur and Madame Blizet with Monsieur Le Roy the Actor

Provenance

A. Firmin-Didot (1790-1876)(Lugt 119)(Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 April-12 May 1877, no. 85); (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by Ruth Carter Stevenson for the NGA, 1987.

Monsieur and Madame Blizet with Monsieur Le Roy the Actor

Carrogis, Louis de, called Carmontelle

c. 1765

Accession Number

1987.56.1

Medium

watercolor and gouache over red and black chalks with touches of graphite on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 27.8 x 18.5 cm (10 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson in memory of Sir Geoffrey Agnew