Nicolas Lancret
La Camargo Dancing
c. 173076.2 x 106.7 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 64
Provenance
Friedrich II, King of Prussia (1712-1786), Potsdam
by descent in the Hohenzollern family to Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) Berlin
sold December 1927 through Hugo Moser, Berlin to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
purchased April 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937), Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 1 May 1937 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Nicolas Lancret
'Que le coeur d'un amant est sujet à changer' ('That the Heart of a Lover is Subject to Change')
Open Cage - Girl in Landscape
First half of 18th century
First half of 18th century
A Tale from La Fontaine
Picnic after the Hunt
c. 1735/40
c. 1735/40
Mademoiselle de Camargo Dancing