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    Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast
    Claude Gillot. Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast, c. 1700–1715. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00004465

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    Harlequin Espirit Follet: The Comedian's Repast

    by Claude Gillot

    Provenance

    François Renaud [Lugt suppl. 1042]. Henri Michel-Lévy; sold, Paris, May 12-13, 1919, lot 90; Léon Michel-Lévy; sold, Paris, June 17-18, 1925, lot 65. Comte Charles de Noailles. Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell; sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 1986, lot 71, to Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, for the Art Institute.

    Exhibition history

    London, Rowland, Browse and Delbanco, “The Age of Grace,” June-July 1945, cat. 24. London, Matthiesen Gallery, “French Masters of the 18th Century,” 1950, cat. 34, pl. VI. Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery, “French XVII Century Drawings,” 1956, cat. 32. London, Royal Academy, “France in the 18th Century,” 1968, cat. 286. New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 19; The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992. The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present," September 12–October 31, 1999, hors. cat. New York, the Frick Collection, “Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700-1750,” October 19, 1999-January 9, 2000, pp. 204-205, cat. 57, cat. by Alan Wintermute, et. al.; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, February 11-May 8, 2000.

    Publications

    Émile Dacier, “Les Scènes et figures théâtrales de Claude Gillot,” La Revue de l’Art (May 1926), p. 288. Populus, Claude Gillot, L'Oeuvre Gravé (Paris, 1930), p. 91F. François Boucher and Philippe Jaccottet, Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle (Lausanne, 1952), p. 175, pl. 7. Jean-François Méjanès, Dessins Français du XVIIIe Siècle de Watteau à Lemoyne (Paris, 1987), p. 56.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Claude Gillot / French, 1673-1722
    Date
    c. 1700–1715
    Medium
    Pen and black and red ink, and brush and red wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan card
    Dimensions
    15.7 × 21.2 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    ink or chalk wash
    Place
    France
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Purchased with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. William D. Shorey
    Accession no.
    1986.408

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