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Fifteenth-Eighteenth Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifteenth–Eighteenth Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bean, Jacob, with the assistance of Lawrence Turcic
1986
328 pages
364 illustrations
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Preface

Works Cited in Abbreviated Form

Notices and Illustrations

Index of Former Collections

Concordance

Index of Artists

Landscape with a Country Chapel, Jacques Callot  French, Brush and brown wash over black chalk
1605–35
Landscape with a Cottage and Well, Antoine Watteau  French, Red chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. A strip of paper 1.1 cm. in height has been added at upper margin.
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1714
Landscape with a Country House, Antoine Watteau  French, Red chalk
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1714
Cinerary Urn, after the Antique, Nicolas Poussin  French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
17th–19th century
Huntress with a Horn, Carle (Charles André) Vanloo  French, Red chalk, traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink.
ca. 1733
Figures in Theatrical Costumes, Claude Gillot  French, Pen and brown ink, brush and red wash, over red chalk
n.d.
Studies of Hands and Feet, François Le Moyne  French, Red and black chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Lined.
early 18th century
Two Women Winding Yarn, Jacques Callot  French, Red chalk with touches of black chalk
early 17th century
Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)  French, Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk
ca. 1635
Lansquenets Talking with Market Women, Charles Parrocel  French, Red chalk
early 18th century
Standing Woman Facing Right, Nicolas Lancret  French, Red chalk
early 18th century
Louis XIV at the Siege of Douai, Seen from the South-East (July 1–6, 1667), Adam Frans van der Meulen  Flemish, Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
17th century
Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21–25, 1667), Adam Frans van der Meulen  Flemish, Black chalk, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
n.d.
Figures in Theatrical Costumes, Claude Gillot  French, Pen and brown ink, brush and red wash, over red chalk
n.d.
Head of a Bearded Man Looking Left, François Le Moyne  French, Black chalk, stumped, red chalk, pink pastel, on beige paper.
early 18th century
Acheloüs Transformed into a Bull, Jean-Baptiste Oudry  French, Black and white chalk on blue paper
1732
Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor, Claude Louis Châtelet  French, Pen and pale brown ink, gray wash over traces of graphite. Framing lines in dark brown ink.
late 18th century
Portrait of a Man, François Clouet  French, Black and red chalk, heightened with white
Standing Woman Holding a Spindle, and Head of a Woman in Profile to Right, Antoine Watteau  French, Two shades of red chalk
ca. 1714–18
Woman Seated on the Ground, Nicolas Lancret  French, Black and white chalk on brownish paper
early 18th century
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Bean, Jacob. 1986. 15th-18th Century French Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.