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Study of a Young Woman with a Watering Jug
Nicolas Lancret · n.d.
Provenance
Ownership history
- Probably G. W. Knobelsdorff, Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; probably by descent to Andreas Kruger (died 1759), Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; by descent to his nephew, Andreas Ludwig Kruger (died 1822), Potsdam [notes in curatorial file]; by descent to his son, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Kruger (died 1828), Potsdam [notes in curatorial file]; by descent to his son [notes in curatorial file]. Sold by Adolphe Stein, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1971.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 80 and 82, cat. 40 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago," January 24-March 28, 1976, p. 48, cat. 34 (ill.).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-1986.
Literature
Published references
- Harold Joachim, "A Group of Drawings by Nicolas Lancret," Liber Amicorum (Amsterdam, 1974), pp. 102-109 (ill.).
- Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), no. 1F6.
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