Why it matters
The commedia dell'arte characters Pierrot and Harlequin. The painting passed through the collections of Victor Chocquet, Paul Durand-Ruel and Sergei Shchukin before the Soviet state seized it.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1888–1890.
- It is also called Pierrot and Harlequin.
- It has been in the Pushkin Museum since 1948.
Based on the Wikipedia article Pierrot and Harlequin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
