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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.117
People
Jacques-André Portail, French (Brest 1695 - 1759 Versailles)
Title
Couple in an Elegant Interior
Other Titles
Former Title: Monsieur and Madame Fredou
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294005

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing lines in black chalk
Dimensions
37.8 x 29.8 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, verso, on label, upper left, black ink: A LA DE LORRAINE FONDÉE EN 17 [illegible] / Chenue [illegible] / EMBALLEUR D'OBJETS D [illegible] / 2, Rue de la Terrasse PA [illegible] / R. C. Seine 285 799 B [illegible] / 16 NOV 1 [illegible] / David Weill
  • inscription: mount, verso, on label, upper center, black ink: CHENUE / EMBALLEUR / 41 / 5, Rue de la Terrasse, PARIS
  • inscription: mount, verso, on label, upper center, black ink: Portail [underlined] / "M. et Mme. / Fredou"
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper right, graphite: Portail
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper right, black ink: MADE IN FRANCE
  • inscription: mount, verso, on label, upper right, white ink: D._W / 1250
  • inscription: on frame, verso, upper right, black ink: 213
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper right, black ink: DOUANE CENTRALE / A. T. [encircled]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David David-Weill, Paris (by 1928); Galerie Wildenstein, Paris and New York, sold; to Charles E. Dunlap, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap, inv. no. 1954.117

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.117
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Émile Dacier, “La Collection David-Weill”, Société de Reproduction des Dessins de Maîtres, Société de Reproduction des Dessins de Maîtres (Paris, 1913), vol. 5, n.p., n.p. (as "Monsieur and Madame Frédou")
  • Gabriel Henriot, Collection David-Weill, Braun (Paris, 1926-1928), vol. 3, pp. 343-44
  • Xavier Salmon, Jacques-André Portail, 1695-1759, Galerie de Bayser (Paris, 1996), cat. no. 24, pp. 18, 49 (as possibly "Monsieur and Madame Frédou")
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr., "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2005), cat. no. 26, p. 12
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 59, repr.

Exhibition History

  • "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/17/2005 - 03/12/2006

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