Pan and Syrinx

3rd quarter of the 18th century

Jacques Charlier

Artist, French, c. 1720 - 1790

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache over traces of black and brown chalk on vellum, laid down on card

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33 × 41.5 cm (13 × 16 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.126.4

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph Bardac; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 December 1927, no. 5, as "attributed to Jacques Charlier"). Raine, Countess Spencer, London; (her sale, Christie's, London, 13 July 2017, no. 40); David McDonnell, Alexandria; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Maîtres du dessin français au 18ème siècle, Wildenstein, Tokyo, 1977, no. 12.

1978

  • Exposition Rococo: Poésie et rêve de la peinture française au XVIIIe siècle, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, 1978, no. 15.

Wikidata ID

Q64580108

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