Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
27 x 33-1/2 in. (canvas) 40 x 45 in. (framed)
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Color Palette
Provenance
Monsieur X., by 1885 and until at least 1924;{1} (Wildenstein, Paris, France, and New York, New York) by 1954;{2} Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert [1887-1972], Indianapolis, Indiana, by 1960;{3} given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1960. {1} M. X. is identified as the owner in both Exposition de Tableaux, Statues et Objets d’art au profit de l’oeuvre des Orphelins d’Alsace-Lorraine, Louvre, 1885, catalogue no. 295 and in Georges Wildenstein, Lancret: Biographie et catalogue critiques, 1924, catalogue no. 592 (illustration) The early provenance given by Wildenstein may confuse the larger version of the same subject, shown at the Paris Salon in 1742 and now lost, with this smaller one. {2} Wildenstein, New York, French Eighteenth Century Painters, 16 November – 11 December 1954, catalogue no. 15. {3} See IMA Temporary Receipt No. 6839, dated 4 October 1960.
Gallery Labels
Lancret's interest in the stage, evident in his insightful portraits of actors and dancers, may derive from his early training in the studio of Claude Gillot, director of scene designs and costumes for the Paris Opera. In this portrait of the actor Grandval, one of the best known performers of 18th-century Paris, Lancret alludes to his renowned ability to perform both tragic and comic roles. Grandval stands in an imaginary garden in front of a statuary group that represents Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, and Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting
National Gallery of Art
May 21, 2017 - August 20, 2017
Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743
Kimbell Art Museum
February 15, 1992 - April 12, 1992
Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743
The Frick Collection
November 18, 1991 - January 12, 1992
A Magic Mirror: The Portrait in France 1700-1900
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
October 10, 1986 - January 25, 1987
5,000 Years of Faces
Bellevue Arts Museum
January 28, 1983 - July 30, 1983
New York and French Taste
Wildenstein & Company, Inc.
November 2, 1977 - December 17, 1977
Exhibition
National Museum of Pallais de Versailles
April 1, 1962 - 1962
French Eighteenth Century Painters
Wildenstein & Company, Inc.
1954 - 1954
Dates Unknown
Les Arts du Theatre de Watteau A Fragonard
Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux
Dates Unknown
Exposition au profit des orphelins d'Alsace-Lorraine
École des Beaux-Arts
1888 - 1888
Exhibition
Musée du Louvre
1885 - 1885
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