Four Actresses in Theatrical Costume

c. 1721

Claude Gillot

Associated Names
Claude Gillot

Artist, French, 1673 - 1722

The image shows four women standing side by side. Each woman is in a forward-facing stance with some turned slightly to the side. They have delicate facial features and distinct expressions, adorned with elaborate hairstyles featuring bows and flowers. The women wear layered, detailed dresses with ruffles, bows, lace, and fitted bodices. The first woman on the left holds a folded fan, and the last woman on the right wears a necklace. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red and gray wash with pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.4 × 20.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.46

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

From an album (probably compiled in the 19th century) discovered in a private collection outside Paris c. 2004[1]. (Katrin Bellinger, Munich?). (Galerie de Bayser, Paris); purchased c. 2016 by Donald Stone, New York [1942- 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.
[1] See Jennifer Tonkovich, "A New Album of Theater Drawings by Claude Gillot." Master Drawings 44, no. 4 (Winter, 2006): 464. This drawing is from the album but not catalogued by Tonkovich.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Catalogue Biennale, Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 2016, part of no. 4.

Inscriptions

upper right: 32

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