The Comte and Chevalier de Choiseul as Savoyards

Drouais, François Hubert (1727-1775)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1758
Height:
139.4 cm  (54 7/8 in.)
Width:
106.7 cm  (42 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1966.1.164]

Description

The Count and the Chevalier (aged six and four) stand in a landscape with a dog. The older boy has a hurdy-gurdy on his back; both wear rustic costumes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hurdy-gurdy [3305] (On the back of the older boy.)

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Bibliographic references

Paintings in The Frick Collection: French, Italian and Spanish. (New York: The Frick Collection, 1968) vol. 2.

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

RIdIM record id

1653