Louis Lafitte
1770-1828
Study for a Bas-relief of a Young Woman in Classical Dress Standing on a Globe, the Personification of Truth
21 3/4 x 15 inches (551 x 376 mm)
Black and white chalk, on light brown paper.
1985.9
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Enid A. Haupt, Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, and Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager.
Notes
Watermark: none.
This drawing is possibly a study for one of the designs for the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, built by Joseph Peyre and Charles de Wailly, 1778-1782, and rebuilt by Jean-François Chalgrin in 1807.
This drawing is possibly a study for one of the designs for the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, built by Joseph Peyre and Charles de Wailly, 1778-1782, and rebuilt by Jean-François Chalgrin in 1807.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "Lafitte f"; inscribed at lower center, "adson".
Associated names
Haupt, Enid A. (Enid Annenberg), 1906-2005, donor.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Oenslager, Donald, Mrs., donor.
Heinemann, Lore, donor.
Oenslager, Donald, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Old & Modern Master Drawings, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, 1983, no. 38, repr. on cover.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 355.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 355.
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