Carle Van Loo

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Carle Van Loo

1705-1765

Seated Man

1743

Black and white chalk, on blue paper altered to light brown.

18 7/16 x 12 11/16 inches (467 x 323 mm)

Purchased on the Fellows Fund.

1971.11

Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.
This sheet is one of a series of six large portrait drawings done in 1743 by Van Loo, three of which depict men, and three, women, whose identities remain elusive. The Library also has in its collection a second portrait from this series, depicting a woman (Acc. No. 1982.4).

Inscription:

Signed and dated in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Carle Vanloo f. 1743".

Provenance:

M. Doeuillet; his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 27 April 1932, no. 38, repr. pl. III; Louis Dumoulin; Camille Plantevignes; sale, Versailles, 16 May 1971, lot 29; Germain Seligman (stamp at lower left corner), 1971.

Associated names:

Doeuillet, M., former owner.
Dumoulin, Louis, former owner.
Plantevignes, Camille, former owner.
Seligman, Germain, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, pp. 117-118.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 54.
Denison, Cara D., with Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, under no. 8, repr.

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