Costume Study for Blondin

ca. 1784

Carle Vernet French, 1758-1836

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About the Artwork

Title Costume Study for Blondin

Artwork Date ca. 1784

Artist Carle Vernet

Life Dates 1758-1836

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Graphite pencil and watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 1/16 inches (29.4 × 20.5 cm) Framed: 18 3/4 × 15 × 1 1/2 inches (47.6 × 38.1 × 3.8 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 51.158

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, along lower edge: Costume de Blondin courier de Mgr Le Compte d'Artios 1778. | Offert par Carle Vernet a son ami merle. Inscribed, in pencil, from lower left to lower right, as part of the image: Soulier de Soie Rose | Velour cramoisi | collet de velour | cramoisi | plaque d'or avec les armes du prince | Ruban Rose | Trousse de soie avec un frange d'or. Inscribed, in pencil, along upper edge: Je réclame votre indulgence mon cher merle pour le Lèger Croquis que j'ai été obligé / de faire à la hate ayant en à faire aussi un ouvrage quelle [?] pour un étranger qui part | les détails sont tellement indécis que je crois devoir hi [de] donner l'explication | suite.

Marks Watermark: Fragment of FELLOWS (similar to Heawood 3333)

Provenance

1925, Contat-Desfontaines

Hans Calmann (London, England)

1951-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Grigaut, Paul L. "An Early Watercolor by Carle Vernet." The Art Quarterly 16 (1953): 341-343

Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors. Cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1992, pp. 230-231, no. 110.

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Carle Vernet, Costume Study for Blondin, ca. 1784, graphite pencil and watercolor on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, 51.158.