La scène des deux carrosses
Claude Gillot
ca. 1712–16
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and red wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (15.9 x 21.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, David T. Schiff and Oscar de la Renta Ltd. Gifts, 2006
Accession Number
2006.93
Tags
MenCarriages
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