Le Lutrin: A Night Scene with Boirude, Brontin, and L'Amour Surprised by an Owl Flying Out of a Lectern
c. 1718
Artist, French, 1673 - 1733

Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.5 × 20.4 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
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Accession
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