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Title:The Assumption of the Virgin
Artist:Nicolas de Plattemontagne (French, Paris 1631–1706 Paris)
Former Attribution:Formerly attributed to Noël Coypel (French, Paris 1628–1707 Paris)
Date:n.d.
Medium:Black chalk, heightened with white on gray paper
Dimensions:10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.3 x 20.3 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1981
Object Number:1981.15.3
M. Guichardot , his sale, Paris, July 7-10, 1875, lot no. uncertain.; Philippe de Chennevières (French)Lugt 2073, his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 -7 April, 1900, possibly part of lot 95, 528, or 539 (according to Prat, Chennevières exh. cat. 2007).; Hôtel Drouot, Paris , 19 March 1980 (no catalogue, lot number unknown).; Vendor: Galerie de Bayser, Paris
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Seventeenth Century French Drawings and Prints from the Museum's Collections," May 18–August 22, 1982.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "15th–18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 18, 1986–January 4, 1987.
Musée de Port-Royal des Champs. "Dessins de Philippe de Champaigne," March 24, 2009–June 29, 2009.
Bean and Turcic 1986.85
Philippe de Chennevières "Une collection de dessins d'artistes français." L'Artiste. vol. 12, part 17, Paris, December 1896, p. 416.
Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 85, p. 83, ill.
Philip Conisbee "New York French Drawings [exhibition review]." The Burlington Magazine. vol. 128, London, December 1986, p. 925.
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Jean-Francois Méjanès, William W. Robinson Mastery and Elegance, Two Centuries of French Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz. Exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, and other cities. edited by Alvin L. Clark Jr., Cambridge, MA, 1999, fig. no. 2, p. 140, ill.
Dominique Cordellier, Pierre Rosenberg, Peter Märker Dessins Français du Musée de Darmstadt XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIIIe Siècles. Exh. cat., Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Graphische Sammlung. Montreuil, 2007, cat. no. under no. 53, p. 106.
Louis-Antoine Prat, Laurence Lhinares La collection Chennevières: Quatre siècles de dessins français. Paris, 2007, cat. no. 864, pp. 441-442.
Frédérique Lanoe, Pierre Rosenberg Trois maitres du dessin: Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631-1681), Nicolas de Plattemontagne (1631-1706). Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2009, cat. no. 155*, p. 149, ill.
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