Claude Gillot

9 November 2023 26 February 2024

A draughtsman and printmaker in the last years of the Grand Siècle, Claude Gillot is known for the inventiveness and originality of his works, heralding the freedom of expression and mores of the Régence period (1715-1723). With his parodies, witchcraft scenes, farces and fairground improvisations, he is an artist known for satire, comedy and performing arts. His countless drawings, coveted by collectors,...

At the core of his work, a rich corpus of drawings illustrates his penchant for the comedy of the Comédie Italienne (Italian companies performing in France), with its pantomimes, acrobatics and cross-dressing figures. A costume and set designer for the Paris Opera starting in 1712, Gillot was also a sought-after decorator, notably collaborating with Claude Audran III on private interiors, and reinventing arabesque painting in the process.

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Sketchbook Claude Gillot. Comedies, fables and arabesques

This sketchbook was created for the exhibition "Claude Gillot" at the musée du Louvre from November 9, 2023 to February 26, 2024, at the Louvre Museum, Aile Sully, Salle de l'Horloge. Claude Gillot (1673-1722) A drummer beside a shepherdess in a landscape Brown ink, feather, H. 16,3; L. 20,8 cm Musée du Louvre - Département des Arts graphiques Notebook 15×21 cm, 30 white sheets. Printed in France, on fine arts paper. © Rmn-Grand Palais, Paris 2023

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