id:			166690
accession number:	2008.401
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.401
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:12.463000

Trissotin Reading to Philaminte, Bélise, and Armande (from act 3, scene 2 of Molière's "Les Femmes Savantes", probably c. 1725–1726. Charles Coypel (French, 1694–1752). Graphite, graphite wash, and red chalk ; sheet: 21.7 x 30.6 cm (8 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.401

title:				Trissotin Reading to Philaminte, Bélise, and Armande (from act 3, scene 2 of Molière's "Les Femmes Savantes"
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creation date:			probably c. 1725–1726
creation date earliest:		1725
creation date latest:		1726
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	graphite, graphite wash, and red chalk 
department:	Drawings
collection:	Drawings
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Charles Coypel (French, 1694–1752)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 21.7 x 30.6 cm (8 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon (see Denon and Duval, Monuments des arts du dessin, 4:293). Marquis Charles de Valori, Paris (Lugt 2500, lower right, in blue ink); [Valori sale ("Mis de V…"), Hôtel Drouot, Paris (25-26 November 1907), no. 38, repr.]. Private collection ("Appartenant à Mlle X…" in 1953 sale cat.); [Paris, Galerie Charpentier (9 June 1953), no. 4, repr.]. [Mr. and Mrs. Diego Suarez sale, William Doyle Galleries, New York (4 February 1976), no. 325 (according to Butkin records)]; purchased in 1976.
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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 6, p. 22-23, Reproduced: p. 23
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