DrawingsFrench18th century

Study of Two Young Men (Puppeteers?)

18th century

Artists

Jérome-François ChantereauArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

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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