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Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after Carle Van Loo

Associated Names
Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

Carle Van Loo

Artist After, French, 1705 - 1765

The image shows a male figure lying on his back with his legs raised and bent at the knees. His arms are positioned to the sides, one slightly bent upwards and the other laid outwards. The figure's head is resting on a pillow, turned to the right, with long hair flowing down. The person appears to be unclothed on a textured surface. The background is plain with shading and stippling, but no specific environmental details are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49.7 x 41 cm (19 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 69 x 49.6 cm (27 3/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.156.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Grossherzogliches Museum, Schwerin (Lugt 2273). Ellwanger/Mescha Collection, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 32.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Carle Vanloo fec in Roma / a Paris chez Demarteau rue de la Pelterie; lower center in plate: TIRÉ DU CABINET DE MONSIEUR LEMPEREUR; lower right in plate: Demarteau Inc St. / No. 32; by later hand, lower right in ink: No 2-1/2

Wikidata ID

Q76341184

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