Confirmation, 1786

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Seven Sacraments

brown wash and white gouache over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on an old album sheet

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.)

2018.100.1

Jean Hippolyte Bardin (artist) French, 1732 - 1809

on step in image in black gouache: Bardin 1786; by later hand, lower left on mount: 17 3/4x 8 3/4

(sale, Christie's Paris, 22 March 2017, part of no. 42); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Prouté, S.A., Paul