About This Artwork
Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle
French, 1717-1806
The Contesse de Cosse in a Salonafter 1768
Black and red chalk, and watercolor, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
367 x 248 mm
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1956.58
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota, "One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists," 1961, cat. 9.
New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 52.
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, pp. 58-59, cat. 49 (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. 13 (ill.).
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 36-37, cat. 13 (ill.).
Publication History
Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century (Chicago, 1977), no. 1B5.
Ownership History
Possibly, the estate of the artist; sold, April 17-18, 1807 [according to Joachim 1977]. Sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, to the Art Institute, 1956.