Allegory of Painting with Three Cherubs (99)

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 42.4 x 29.2 cm (16 11/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 53 x 39.2 cm (20 7/8 x 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.152.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 99

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Mr. Gregory E. Mescha, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 99.

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'oeuvre grave de François Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Boucher f / à Messire Gaspart Mose de Fontaineu / Conseiller d'Etat ordinaire Intendant et Controlleur / General des Meubles de la Couronne / N. 99 Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Fontaineau par son tres humble et tres Obeissaint Serviteur Demarteau L.re

Wikidata ID

Q76341126

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