Charles Nicolas Cochin
1715-1790
Circular Portrait of M. F. Guerrier de l'Ormoy within Surround Decorated with Cattle and Sheep, Wheat, and a Shield Containing a Mounted Warrior
ca. 1780
sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 15/16 inches (246 x 202 mm); portrait: 5 1/8 inches (128 mm), diameter
Black chalk, with touches of white, on paper.
1981.113
Purchased as the gift of some of his friends in memory of John D. Barrett.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
The sitter for this portrait may be the same "Guerrier de l'Ormoy" who was recorded in the Archives de l'Orne as an "inspecteur des haras," or stud farm inspector, in the department of L'Orne sometime before 1790 (Gravelle-Desulis, Archives de L'Orne, Paris, 1877). If so, Cochin's ornamentation, with livestock, grain, and a mounted cavalier, celebrates his profession.
The pale green watercolor frame is blind stamped at lower right with the initials ARD, belonging to a prolific mount-maker active in the mid-eighteenth century about whom little is known (L. 172).
The sitter for this portrait may be the same "Guerrier de l'Ormoy" who was recorded in the Archives de l'Orne as an "inspecteur des haras," or stud farm inspector, in the department of L'Orne sometime before 1790 (Gravelle-Desulis, Archives de L'Orne, Paris, 1877). If so, Cochin's ornamentation, with livestock, grain, and a mounted cavalier, celebrates his profession.
The pale green watercolor frame is blind stamped at lower right with the initials ARD, belonging to a prolific mount-maker active in the mid-eighteenth century about whom little is known (L. 172).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on surround, in black chalk, "E.X./M.F. GUERRIER DE LORMOY".
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 248.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 56.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 56.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Catalog link
Department