The little Childminder - Drouais
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Date :
1763
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
46.4x38.5 cm
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Description
Booklet from the 1763 Salon:
By Mr. Drouais, the Son, Academician.
118. The little childminder. Oval painting.
Mathon de La Cour, letter III, p. 56:
The little childminder, depicting a child in undershirt, feeding porridge to another child of about the same age.
History :
1. Signed and dated right center "Drouais | le fils 1763".
2. Possibly Paul Delaroff;
Drouot sale, Paris, April 23-24, 1914;
Galerie Wildenstein, Paris and London;
Mrs. Meyer Sassoon, and by inheritance her daughter Mrs. Derek Fitzgerald;
Christie's, July 7, 1972, lot n°40 ;
Private collection, New York ;
Wildenstein Gallery, New York;
Private collection;
Christie's sale, New York, April 14, 2016, lot n°147.
Technical Data
Notice #000745
Past ID :
A0064
Image editing :
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