Download image:
François-André Vincent
1746-1816
A Group of Elegantly Dressed Gentlemen
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper, on its original mount.
16 1/8 x 18 7/8 inches (410 x 480 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
1998.14
Notes:
The present sheet is a study for Vincent's painting "The Marquis de la Galaizière Created Chancellor of Lorraine at the Château of Meudon by King Stanislaus of Poland, 18 January 1737", on deposit at the Musée Historique Lorrain, Nancy, from the collection of the Musée du Château de Versailles. It was commissioned in 1778 by the marquis to celebrate the annexation of Lorraine to France in 1735.
Provenance:
P. Gales, Paris; acquired from W. M. Brady and Co., New York.
Associated names:
Gales, P., former owner.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: