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Jean-Baptiste Pater
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Jean-Baptiste Pater
- Recto: Study of a Seated WomanVerso: Standing figure study
- Red chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
- 6 x 6 3/4 inches
Provenance
With L'Art Ancien, Paris;
Emile Wolf, New York,
thence by descent
Emile Wolf, New York,
thence by descent
Exhibited
New York, American Federation of the Arts, 17th and 18th Century European Drawings, 1966, no. 27
Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1980, no. 29
Florida, Tampa Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1982, no. 24
Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1980, no. 29
Florida, Tampa Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1982, no. 24
Catalogue Note
Linked directly to Pater's painting Le Colin-Maillard, at Sanssouci, Potsdam (Fig.1) this delicate red chalk study of a seated woman is preparatory for the woman depicted nonchalantly seated in the left foreground of the composition.