DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Three Actors

17th-18th century

Artists

Claude GillotArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, extended on three sides on the upper left and right, framing lines in red chalk and brown ink

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.4 x 20.6 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, France, sold; to Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 2003, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004, inv. no. 2004.49

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