Inscription
lower right in graphite: -GM-; lower left in graphite: Opéra de Sapho; lower right in graphite: plumes / Casques ou ailes [crossed out] bleues / Baudrier / bâton de commandement / rouge saturne / Cuirasse & jambieres / en or manteau & / tunique blancs ornements / noir & or. / PITTACUS- / Tyran- / Costume de Guerre; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: WWA 63
Provenance
(Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 March 1932, lot 99); (purchased by Galerie Jean-Claude Gaubert, Paris); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 10 April 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.
Exhibition History
- 1973
- Aspects du XIXe siècle français, Galerie du Fleuve, Paris, 1973, no.50.
- 1973
- Sources du fantastique, Galerie Jean-Claude Gaubert, Paris, 1973.
- 1983
- Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 65.
- 1986
- Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 107.
- 1986
- Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 91.
- 1987
- Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 88.
- 1990
- Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 111.
- 1995
- The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 111.
- 2006
- Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.
- 2017
- The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.
Bibliography
- 1977
- Mathieu, Pierre-Louis. Gustave Moreau, Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings. Oxford, 1977: 348, no. 309.
- 1995
- The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 111.
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