Four Actresses in Theatrical Costume
Claude Gillot
c. 1721
Medium
red and gray wash with pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 14.4 × 20.2 cm (5 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.46
About the Artist
Claude Gillot · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History