Confirmation
1786
Artist, French, 1732 - 1809
Artwork overview
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Medium
brown wash and white gouache over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on an old album sheet
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Credit Line
Purchased as the Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in memory of Neil Phillips
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Dimensions
sheet: 17.5 × 40.3 cm (6 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
mount: 24.4 × 47.2 cm (9 5/8 × 18 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.100.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's Paris, 22 March 2017, part of no. 42); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
n.d.
Jimeno, Frédéric, et al. Jean Bardin, 1732-1809: le feu sacré. Orléans, 2022: III.42, 206-207.
Inscriptions
on step in image in black gouache: Bardin 1786; by later hand, lower left on mount: 17 3/4x 8 3/4