Scene from "The Tomb of Master André"

c. 1705/1708

Claude Gillot

Associated Names
Claude Gillot

Artist, French, 1673 - 1722

This is a drawing of figures in period costumes at an outdoor gathering. The scene is depicted with light, flowing lines in a reddish hue. In the foreground, a figure is riding a donkey and holding a plate. Other figures around them are dressed in traditional costumes. They appear to be engaged in conversation or performance. The background features draped fabric and props, suggesting a festive setting. Trees frame the scene on either side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk, watercolor, and pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections in white gouache, on laid paper mounted on paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16 x 22.1 cm (6 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.77.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jean Denis Lempereur, Paris [1701 - 1779] (Lugt 1740). (Galerie de Bayser S.A., Paris); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005 (no cat.).

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 92-93, 280, no. 37 (color).

2023

  • Claude Gillot: Satire in the Age of Reason, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2023, no. 29, repro.

Bibliography

2006

  • Tonkovich, Jennifer. "A New Album of Theater Drawings by Claude Gillot." Master Drawings 44, no. 4 (Winter, 2006): 465-467, 475, no. 1, 484 note 3, fig. 1.

2023

  • Tonkovich, Jennifer.Claude Gillot: Satire in the Age of Reason. Exh. cat. the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2023: 94, fig. 3.26, no. 29.

Inscriptions

upper right in brown ink: 35; another number in pen and brown ink at upper left, possibly also 35, nearly obliterated by the framing lines in pen and dark brown ink.

Wikidata ID

Q64540112

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