The race: Love's Game from The Games of Nymphs and Lovers
Maker
(artist)
1716-1809
1716-1809
Title
The race: Love's Game from The Games of Nymphs and Lovers
Date of Production
1794 - 1796
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, on a historic mount (same as D.1932.XX.4-6 and 3717)
Dimensions
Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1932.XX.3
Mode of Acquisition
Tomás Harris, gift, 1932 (May)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased from the artist, probably by William Beckford (1760-1844); Tomás Harris, London (1908-1964); Harris Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Literature
Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand, Joseph-Marie Vien. Peintre du Roi (1716-1809), Paris 1988
no. 167
illus. p.167
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 706
no. 167
illus. p.167
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 706
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, upper right on arch, grey ink, signed by the artist: “jo.m. vien”; lower left on plinth, grey ink: “LAN / ILL / REP / FRM”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Jeux institués par l’Amour. La Course.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “14.”; lower left corner, graphite, accession number: “3.32”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “6. Presented Tomas Harris May 27 1932”; lower right corner, grey ink, circled: “559”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, upper right on arch, grey ink, signed by the artist: “jo.m. vien”; lower left on plinth, grey ink: “LAN / ILL / REP / FRM”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Jeux institués par l’Amour. La Course.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “14.”; lower left corner, graphite, accession number: “3.32”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “6. Presented Tomas Harris May 27 1932”; lower right corner, grey ink, circled: “559”.
Collector's mark: none.
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