Two Elegant Women in Polish Dress

Provenance

Frédéric Villot (sale, Paris, 16-18 May 1859, no. 143); purchased by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt (Lugt 1089) (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 February 1897, no. 146); acquired by Georges Hugo. Émile Straus (sale, galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 3-4 June 1929, no. 74); Myron A. Hofer [1893-1963]; gift in 1944 to NGA.

Two Elegant Women in Polish Dress

Lancret, Nicolas

c. 1723

Accession Number

1944.9.1

Medium

red, black, and white chalk on light brown paper

Dimensions

overall: 18.2 x 29.5 cm (7 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Myron A. Hofer in memory of his mother, Jane Arms Hofer