Marie Louise Petit at the Age of 105, with Her Young Nurse

1765

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: watercolor over black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on cream laid paper (cut across the top and reattached), laid down
Dimensions: sheet: 29.4 × 30.3 cm (11 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.) mount: 40.2 × 31.3 cm (15 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2013.195.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Marie Louise Petit at the Age of 105, with Her Young Nurse — Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle. 1765.

Medium: watercolor over black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on cream laid paper (cut across the top and reattached), laid down.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 29.4 × 30.3 cm (11 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.) mount: 40.2 × 31.3 cm (15 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2013.195.1. Purchased as the Gift of Ivan and Winifred Phillips in Memory of Neil Phillips.

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.

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