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Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 80-81, cat. 39 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago," January 24-March 28, 1976, p. 48, cat. 35(ill.).

Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 5 (ill.).

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 20-21, cat. 5 (ill.).

The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-1986.

The Art Institute of Chicago, May-August 1987.

New York, The Frick Collection, "Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743," November 19, 1991-January 12, 1992, p. 130, cat. 31, pl. 36, cat. by Mary Tavener Holmes; traveled to Fort Worth, Tex., The Kimbell Art Museum, February 15-April 12, 1992.

The Art Institute of Chicago, June-October 1996.

Publication History

Georges Wildenstein, Lancret (Paris, 1924), no. 143, fig. 41.

Harold Joachim, "A Group of Drawings by Nicolas Lancret," Liber Amicorum (Amsterdam, 1974), pp. 102-109 (ill.).

Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), no. 1F5.

Ownership History

Probably G. W. Knobelsdorff, Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; probably by descent to Andreas Kruger (died 1759), Potsdam [Chicago 1974]; by descent to his nephew, Andreas Ludwig Kruger (1743-1822), Potsdam; by descent to his son, Friedrich Ludwig Carl Kruger (1776-1828), Potsdam; by descent to his son. Sold by Adolphe Stein, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1971.