Jean-Baptiste Le Prince* (1734-1781)

Two Washerwomen in front of a Cottage, with a thatched roof

Details
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince* (1734-1781)
Two Washerwomen in front of a Cottage, with a thatched roof
signed and dated 'Le Prince 1777'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
10 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (269 x 321 mm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 22 June 1920, lot 168, illustrated.

Lot Essay

A drawing of a Russian landscape dated the same year, is in the Louvre, (J. Guiffrey and P. Marcel, Inventaire général des dessins du musée du Louvre et du musée de Versailles, Paris, 1921, IX, no. 9143, illustrated) and another is in the British Museum, M. Roland Michel, Le dessin français au XVIIIe siècle, Fribourg, 1987, no. 231, illustrated.