Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court (recto); Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court: Group with Maupetit de la Mayenne Carried by His Two Sons (verso)

c. 1804

Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine (French, 1745-1830)
after Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)

Status: On View, Gallery 216
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine
Title: Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court (recto); Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court: Group with Maupetit de la Mayenne Carried by His Two Sons (verso)
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1804
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black ink and gray wash, and black chalk(recto) and pen and brown ink, black chalk, and brush and brown and gray wash (verso), on gray laid paper
Dimensions: 29 × 44.5 cm (11 7/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein
Reference Number: 1960.558R
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Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century (Chicago, 1977), pp. 18-19, nos. 1B12 and 1C1.

New York, Wildenstein and Company, “French XVIII Century Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings from the David-Weill Collection,” November-December 1938, cat. 65 or 66, as by David as “Esquisse pour Serment du Jeu de Paume.”
The Art Institute of Chicago, “The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings,” 1974, pp. 116-17, cat. 57 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
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. 23 (ill.).
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, “Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago,” February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 58-59, cat. 25 (ill.).
Amherst Mass., Amherst College, Mead Art Museum, “Representing Revolution,” September 15-November 1, 1989, cat. 7.

Sold, Paris, Jacques Louis David estate sale, April 17, 1826, lot 71 or 72. M. Coutan, Paris; sold, Paris, April 17-18, 1830, lot 183. Dumont, Paris; sold, Paris, February 13, 1854. Chéramy, Paris; sold, Paris, April 14-16, 1913, lot 427 or 428. David David-Weill (1871-1952), by November 1938 [New York 1938]. Sold by Wildenstein and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.

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