Concours pour le Prix de l'Etude des Têtes et de l'Expression (Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expression)

1763

Jean-Jacques Flipart after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Associated Names
Jean-Jacques Flipart

Artist, French, 1719 - 1782

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist After, French, 1715 - 1790

The image depicts a woman seated on a chair, surrounded by three men who are sketching her. There are additional men seated to the right, some holding canes. The room's walls are filled with framed drawings and sketches, creating an atmosphere of artistic study.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1976.38.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Wikidata ID

Q65572245

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