Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters

Claude Gillot

early 18th century

Four Singing Commedia Dell'Arte Characters by Claude Gillot

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper, irregularly trimmed and laid down on a sheet touched with faded blue watercolor, on an old album sheet

Dimensions

sheet: 5.5 × 8.5 cm (2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Donald Stone

Accession Number

2022.40.21

About the Artist

Claude Gillot · 16731722

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

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