Project for the House and Gardens of Mlle. Guimard

c. 1768-1770

Jean Testard

Artist, French, born c. 1740

Charles-Philippe Campion de Tersan

Artist, French, 1736 - 1819

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on laid paper, with a color etching by Le Campion attached to the sheet at lower right

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler

  • Dimensions

    overall: 49 x 38.6 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.9.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hippolyte Destailleur. Eugène Rodriguez (Lugt 897). Irwin Boyle Laughlin, 1916, Washington, D.C.; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1941; their daughter, Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Eighteenth Century Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1982, no. 23.

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000 (no catalogue).

Inscriptions

various architect's notations; titles in black ink over graphite; on mount in pen and black ink: Projet de Maison avec jardins et parterres pour Melle. Guimard rue de la Chaussée d'Antin / par Mr. Testard

Wikidata ID

Q64581095

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