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Standard Bearer (M. Barbault)
Circle Of: Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716–1809)
1748
Medium/Technique
Black and white chalk on gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 54.2 x 41.3 cm (21 5/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Goelet Foundation
Accession Number62.619
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionJean Barbault was a French painter who became a pensioner in 1749, but participated in the carnival masquerade of 1748 dressed as a cadi or officer of the Sultan's guards. Barbault himself was commissioned to make paintings of the participants in the masquerade. Self-portrait in the Cini collection, Venice.
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: fleur-de-lis
Provenance[J. B. Dumas]; G. Haumont; 1961, Galerie de Bayser; John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1962, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 6, 1962)