CHARDIN (Jean-B aptiste-Simeon)
(1699-1779)
74. — « Les Tours de Cartes »
On the left a young man, dressed in a brown coat, a broad ribbon in his hair which hangs in a queue on his back, his hat on his head, is seated at a table showing card tricks to two little children, a girl and a boy, placed opposite him, the former seated, the latter standing. Small whole-length figures.
Canvas.121/4in.by1412in.
Engraved by Surugue in 1744. Exhibited at the Louvre in 174.3. Sale of the artist's pictures after his death, March 6, 1780. Anonymous sale, december 11, 1780 . Alphonse Giroux sale, Paris, i85i.
CLOUET (Francois)
(About 1510-1672)
75. — Portrait of the Duchesse d'Angouleme
Three-quarters to the right, looking at the spectator, in a black gold-embroidered dress. A narrow gauffered collar, and a triple string of pearls, to which is suspended a cross, encircle her neck. Her right hand rests on a table, in her left she holds a little ball. Half-length figure. Life-size.
Panel, 211/4 in. by 1612in.
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