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The See-Saw

The See-Saw

c. 1723–1727
(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
Location: not on view
  • 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
  • "A French Rococo Collection Goes to Cleveland", Art News, XLVII (September 1948). p. 29
    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
    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
  • 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).
  • {{cite web|title=The See-Saw|url=false|author=Nicolas Lancret|year=c. 1723–1727|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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