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Description: | RH s. on plate b. r. "Le Bas sculp."; inscr on plate b. l "Chardin pinxit 1749"; inscr on plate b. "ETUDE DU DESSEIN / A Sa Majeste la Reine de Suede / Le Tableau est dans le cabinet de sa Majeste Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur / Chardin. AParis chez Je. Ph le Bas graveur du cabinet du Roy au bas de la rue de la Harpe." AFTER CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste, Simeon; (French; 1699-1779) CRE LE BAS, Jacques-Philippe; (French; 1707-1783) PUB Le Bas, Jacques-Philippe; (French; 1701-1783) LABEL: "The Drawing Lesson was exhibited at the 1749 Salon together with its pendant The Right Education. Both were acquired by Princess Ulrika of Sweden, who had also commissioned The Milliner from Boucher.
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, one of the most talented engravers of his century, was a close friend of Chardin. He engraved four of the paintings the artist sold to the Swedish court, including The Morning Toilet." | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | WOMAN : SUBJECT : COAL : DRAWING : STATUE : STUDY : COAT OF ARMS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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