Sketches of a Lute Player and Lute

Provenance

Jean Masson (1856–1933), Amiens and Paris [stamp (Lugt 1494a), recto, lower left, in brown]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 20, 1924, lot 63. Sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art of Music: A Salute to the Centennial Season of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 4, 1990–Mar. 25, 1991, no cat.

Publications

Tancred Borenius, "Jan Anton Garemyn (1719-1799)," Old Master Drawings 2, no. 8 (Mar. 1928): 58, pl. 61.

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan Anton Garemyn / Flemish, 1712-1799
Date: 1756
Medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 22.6 × 36.6 cm (8 15/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: Flanders
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and purchased with funds provided by the Print and Drawing Club
Accession no.: 1971.319

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.