DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Fête Galante; verso: Theater Scene

c. 1700

Artists

Claude GillotArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, two tones of gray wash, and traces of white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; verso: black ink and gray wash

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.7 x 31.7 cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Hodgkin, sold [through their sale, Sotheby’s, London,October 21, 1963, lot 136]. [Colnaghi, London]. Regina Thurlimann and Freddy Homburger, Brookline, by 1963, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991

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