Art, literature & historyCostume de Babet dans le Droit de Seigneur
c. 1786/1789
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and watercolor with gray wash on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 12.8 x 8.4 cm (5 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1942.9.1118
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Costume de Babet dans le Droit de Seigneur — Brion de la Tour. c. 1786/1789.
Medium: pen and brown ink and watercolor with gray wash on blue laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 12.8 x 8.4 cm (5 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1942.9.1118. Widener Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.