The Attentive Nurse
The Attentive Nurse
- Artist
- Jean Siméon Chardin
- Artist Dates
- 1699-1779
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Title
- The Attentive Nurse
- Date
- 1747
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.2 x 37 cm (18 3/16 x 14 9/16 in)
- K Number
- K1838
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1952.5.37
- Notes
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein [1696-1772], Austrian ambassador to France, 1737-1741; by descent through the Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and later Vaduz, until at least 1948; (Frederick Mont, Inc., New York); purchased 1 November 1950 by the Samuel H. Kress Collection, New York; [1] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] The invoice from Frederick Mont to the Kress Foundation is dated 1 November 1950 (copy in NGA curatorial files).