The Castle of Cards
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Catalogue
- Year
- 1762
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet (Trimmed): 8 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (21.8 × 21 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
Artist
Painting
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié was a French painter and teacher of painting, the son of two well-known engravers at the time, François-Bernard Lépicié and Renée-Élisabeth Marlié. Lépicié was famous in his lifetime, and compared to Chardin and Greuze.
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The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine; Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy; Saint Catherine Touched by Divine Love
1775 · Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk underdrawing; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Seated Woman in Profile
1774 · Red and black chalk
Boy with a Drawing Book
1772 · oil paint (paint), canvas
The Interior of a Large Market
1770 · Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk
Seated Boy with Head Down
1760 · gray wash on laid paper, on an old mount
Seated Male Nude Facing Right
1750 · Charcoal, stumped, black chalk heightened with white on gray-green paper
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- Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
- Year
- 1762
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet (Trimmed): 8 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (21.8 × 21 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1762-160961
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
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