Carle Van Loo
1705-1765
Seated Man
1743
18 7/16 x 12 11/16 inches (467 x 323 mm)
Black and white chalk, on blue paper altered to light brown.
1971.11
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
This sheet is one of a series of six large portrait drawings done in 1743 by Van Loo, three of which depict men, and three, women, whose identities remain elusive. The Library also has in its collection a second portrait from this series, depicting a woman (Acc. No. 1982.4).
This sheet is one of a series of six large portrait drawings done in 1743 by Van Loo, three of which depict men, and three, women, whose identities remain elusive. The Library also has in its collection a second portrait from this series, depicting a woman (Acc. No. 1982.4).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Carle Vanloo f. 1743".
Associated names
Doeuillet, M., former owner.
Dumoulin, Louis, former owner.
Plantevignes, Camille, former owner.
Seligman, Germain, former owner.
Dumoulin, Louis, former owner.
Plantevignes, Camille, former owner.
Seligman, Germain, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, pp. 117-118.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 54.
Denison, Cara D., with Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, under no. 8, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 54.
Denison, Cara D., with Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, under no. 8, repr.
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