- Pastels of the Eighteenth Century: Recent Acquisitions
- August 6 – September 26, 2004
- East Building, Ground Floor, Reception Room
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
Overview: 7 18th-century pastels recently acquired by the National Gallery were shown in this exhibition. Included were works by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and John Singleton Copley.
Organization: The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Margaret Morgan Grasselli, curator of old master drawings at the National Gallery, coordinated the exhibition.
Image: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The Well-Loved Mother, 1765, pastel with red, black, and white chalks and stumping on light golden-brown laid paper, New Century Fund, 2000.15.1
- Bornet, Claude
- French
- , 1733 - 1804
- Copley, John Singleton
- American
- , 1738 - 1815
- Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
- French
- , 1725 - 1805
- Labille-Guiard, Adélaïde
- French
- , 1749 - 1803
- Liotard, Jean-Étienne
- Swiss
- , 1702 - 1789
- Russell, John
- British
- , 1745 - 1806