DrawingsFrench18th century

The Cruel One Laughs at the Tears Which It Causes To Be Shed

1793

Artists

Pierre-Paul Prud'honArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and black crayon on white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 24.5 x 32.3 cm (9 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Jean-Baptiste Martial Poulain; his sale, G. J. Constantin, Paris, December 19, 1803, no. 145 (as "Le cruel rit des pleurs qu'il fait verser; dessin précieux, à la pierre noire"; Fr 281); Barthélemy Roger; his sale, Mannheim, Paris, December 23-28, 1841, no. 139 (Fr 360); Constantini, by 1874 at least until 1879; anonymous sale (Constantini's, according to Guiffrey 1924, no. 19), Hôtel Drouot, Paris, room 3, April 15, 1882, no. 71 (as "L'Amour vainqueur"); purchased at that sale by Mme Poiret (Fr 1,000); Robert Hoe; his sale, American Art Association, New York, February 15-March 3, 1911, no. 3228; Richard Ederheimer Print Cabinet, New York, December 1913; anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, April 1, 1914, no. 89 (Fr. 1,000); Lilly Lawlor, Paris, 1927, acquired from her through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, July 1927 ($2,700), his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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