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Lovers Profiting from the Drowsiness of the Grandmother

(French, 1725–1805)
about 1785
Medium/TechniquePen with black and brown ink and brush with gray and brown wash, over graphite pencil on cream laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 32.6 x 51.2cm (12 13/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Framed: 60 x 75.9 cm (23 5/8 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession number2002.42
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsOn mount recto lower right in graphite pencil: 6647
ProvenanceLucien Mellerio (1879-1943, Paris); Hélène Mellerio, Paris, his daughter; by descent; sold Paris, Etude Tajan, 6 July 2001, lot 126; W.M. Brady Co., New York; from whom purchased by MFA, March 2002.
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