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Comedy

ca. 1736
Not on view
Between 1736 and 1738 Trémolières painted large canvases of Comedy and Tragedy. Both belong now to the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Cholet. The former, for which this is probably a study, was exhibited at the Salon of 1738. A drawing for the head of Comedy is in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. The allegorical subjects were a novelty at the time.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Comedy
  • Artist: Pierre Charles Trémolières (French, Cholet 1703–1739 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1736
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 14 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (37.5 × 45.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.356.27
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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