Le Lutrin: A Night Scene with Boirude, Brontin, and L'Amour Surprised by an Owl Flying Out of a Lectern

c. 1718

Bernard Picart

Associated Names
Bernard Picart

Artist, French, 1673 - 1733

This is a drawing featuring intricate surroundings and furniture. The central scene displays three individuals in period attire interacting in a room. Two hold lit candles, and a bird is featured on a pedestal-like structure. The room includes decorative paneling and detailed furnishings. The border presents owls, books, papers, celestial embellishments, and a cherub playing a musical instrument. An open book with musical notations is also included in the ornate frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash, heightened with white, indented for transfer with the verso blackened, and the border on an attached sheet of paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.5 × 20.4 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.98.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Curt Otto (c. 1880 - 1929). (sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 7 November 1929, part of no. 167); purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Amsterdam (Lugt 4617); (sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 May 2015, no. 2); (via Pictura Fine Arts Amsterdam BV); purchased by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: B. Picart fecit

Wikidata ID

Q64537331

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