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The See-Saw

c. 1723–1727

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Nicolas Lancret

(French, 1690–1743)

France, 18th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 157 x 96 x 5.5 cm (61 13/16 x 37 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 150.7 x 89.4 cm (59 5/16 x 35 3/16 in.)

Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation 1948.176.4

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not on view

Provenance

Viscount Pierre de Chezelles and Vicomte Hippolyte le Sellier de Chezelles

by 1926 - at least 1933

Lord Duveen (1869-1939), London, England

about 1935–36-1942

Mr. 'Commodore' Louis Dudley Beaumont (1857-1942) and Mrs. Beaumont (Helene M. Thomas) (1895-1988), Cap d’Antibes, France

1942-1948

Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1948-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Francis, Henry S. “A Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 10 (1948). p. 222, illus. 226-27 www.jstor.org

"A French Rococo Collection Goes to Cleveland", Art News, XLVII (September 1948). p. 29

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 487 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 82-85; Mentioned: p. 82-87

Exhibition history

Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743, Frick Collection (Nov. 19, 1991-Jan. 12, 1992); The Kimbell Art Museum (Feb. 15-Apr. 12, 1992).

The Fourth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters: French Paintings of the Eighteenth-Century, Detroit Institute of Art. MI (December 2-20, 1926).

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