Claude Dupouch

c. 1739

Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

Artist, French, 1704 - 1788

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper mounted on canvas (on stretcher/strainer)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 59.4 x 49.4 cm (23 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.9.76

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis Duval de l'Épinoy; Marquis Joffroy de Beaumont-Beynac, Château de la Roque, Dordogne; Galerie Cailleux, Paris; purchased by Samuel H. Kress, 1956; gift to NGA, 1961

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Schönheit des XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1955, no. 177.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 136-137, 283, no. 59 (color).

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1959

  • National Gallery of Art. Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Washington, 1959: 357, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1965: 73.

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, 1975: 188, repro.

1976

  • Johnson, Edward Mead. Francis Cotes: Complete Edition with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue. Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1976: 10, fig. 19.

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 321-322, fig. 290.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 326, no. 430, color repro.

1985

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. Washington, 1985: 219, repro.

1992

  • Rosenfeld, Myra Nan. "La culture de Largillierre." Revue de l'art 92 (1992): 50, 53 n. 77, fig. 16.

2000

  • Debrie, Christine, and Xavier Salmon. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour: Prince des pastellistes. Paris, 2000: 207, 211, fig. 124.

2004

  • Salmon, Xavier. Le voleur d'âmes: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. Exh. cat. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles. Versailles, 2004: 105.

2006

  • Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. London, 2006: 288.

Wikidata ID

Q64609115

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