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Two Studies of a Guitar Player in Turkish Costume
Nicolas Lancret · c. 1728
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 (1743-1822), Potsdam; by descent to his son, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Kruger (1776-1828), Potsdam; by descent to his son. 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. 84-85, cat. 42 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-1986.
- New York, The Frick Collection, "Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743," from November 19, 1991 (for 8 weeks), p. 118, cat. 25, pl. 30, cat. by Mary Tavener Holmes; also traveled to Fort Worth, Tex., The Kimbell Art Museum, February 15-April 12, 1992.
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Watteau, Music, and Theater,” 9/22/09–11/29/09, p. 104 and 105, cat. #42, cat. by Katherine Baetjer et al
- New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Watteau, Music, and Theater,” September 22–November 29, 2009, p. 104 and 105, cat. # 41, cat. by Georgia J. Cowart et. al.
Literature
Published references
- Harold Joachim, "A Group of Drawings by Nicolas Lancret," Liber Amicorum (Amsterdam, 1974), pp. 102-09 (ill.).
- Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), no. 1F8.
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