DrawingsFrench18th century

Couple in an Elegant Interior

18th century

Artists

Jacques-André PortailArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.8 x 29.8 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Provenance

David David-Weill, Paris (by 1928); Galerie Wildenstein, Paris and New York, sold; to Charles E. Dunlap, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap, inv. no. 1954.117

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