Costume Design for a Demon (Señor Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon with Archduke Léopold de Habsbourg-Lorraine, hosted by the Marquis of Ossuna in Madrid in 1764

Formerly attributed to Pierre Jean Boquet French

ca. 1764

Not on view

La Traverse was a French artist who studied in Italy and went on to spend much of his career in Naples and Madrid. Little remains of his paintings; his work is best known today through surviving drawings.　

This wash study is a costume design for the character of a demon named Señor Remon, for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon to Archduke Léopold de Habsbourg-Lorraine in Madrid in 1764, hosted by the French ambassador, the Marquis of Osuna.

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Title: Costume Design for a Demon (Señor Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon with Archduke Léopold de Habsbourg-Lorraine, hosted by the Marquis of Ossuna in Madrid in 1764
Artist: Charles de La Traverse (French, Paris 1726–1787 Paris)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Pierre Jean Boquet (French, Paris 1751–1817 Paris)
Date: ca. 1764
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite underdrawing. Framing lines in pen and brown ink.
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 in. (30.2 x 23.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 2000
Object Number: 2000.637.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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