
The Actors Making Ready (recto); Studies of the Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (verso)
Claude Gillot · 1705/10
Provenance
Ownership history
- Baron Taylor [Chennevières]. Charles-Philippe de Chennevières (died 1899), Paris, [Lugt 2072]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 6, 1898, lot 60. Paul Mathey (died 1929), Paris, [Lugt suppl. 2100b]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 18, 1901, lot 338. Jacques Guérin, Paris. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 20, 1922, lot 41. Albert Vuaflart (died 1927); sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 30, 1927, lot 69. 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
- New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," Apr. 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 20; also the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 10, 1991-Jan. 5, 1992 (recto).
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 (recto).
- “Maineri to Miró: The Regenstein Collection Since 1975,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 17:1 (2000), pp. 34-35, no. 10, (ill.) (recto).
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