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Dumont, Jacques
1701-1781
A Young Gentleman Leaning on a Chair Seen from Behind
Red chalk on paper.
12 7/16 x 7 1/8 inches (316 x 182 mm)
Gift of Otto Manley.
1985.75
Notes:
This drawing is a study for the figure on the extreme left of a large portrait group in the Louvre, depicting Louis XV's nurse Mme Mercier, and her family, dated 1731 (see L. Dimier, "Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle", II, 1930, 236, no. 9, pl. 42).
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Signed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "J Dumont Le Romain".
Watermark: Grapes with hollow stem.
Provenance:
Sir Karl T. Parker, Oxford; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; private collection, London; private collection, New York.
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Associated names:
Parker, K. T. (Karl Theodore), 1895-1992, former owner.
Manley, Otto, -1989, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 336.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 50, repr.
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