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Seated Gentleman
Jean Baptiste Greuze · c. 1769
Provenance
Ownership history
- M. Georges Bourgarel; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 13-15, 1922, lot 91, to Sacha Guitry (died 1957). Paul Prouté (died 1981), Paris, 1978. British Rail Pension Fund; sold by Lexbourne Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Norwich, England, Castle Museum, “The Northern Eye,” February 14-March 29, 1987.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Acquisitions: Old Master Drawings of the 15th-18th Centuries,” December 2, 1989-June 8, 1990.
- New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 24; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh, “‘A Lasting Monument’: The Regenstein Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26: 1 (2000), pp. 11-12.
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh, “Seated Gentleman, c. 1769,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26: 1 (2000), pp. 50-51, cat. 20.
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