Study of Two Young Men (Puppeteers?)
18th century
Artists
Dimensions
20 x 31 cm (7 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2073, lower left, black ink); his sale, 1900, part of lot 72, sold; to Ducrey; sale, London, Christie's, 14 April 1992, lot 155; W.M. Brady and Co., New York, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1994, inv. no. D-F-47, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.13
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