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Annunciation

Maker

(artist)
1688-1737

Title

Annunciation

Date of Production

(circa) 1727

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 35 cm
Width: 23.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1015

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

possibly Edme-François Gersaint, Paris (1694-1750); possibly his estate sale, Barrois (Paris), 25 May 1750, lot 336; if so, purchased there by Barbault (?) (50 livres, 1 sou); John Chaloner Smith, Dublin (1827-1895), L.2295bis; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (18 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Literature

Rowell, Christopher, 'François Lemoyne's "Annunciation" (1727) redisovered at Winchester College' in 'Burlington Magazine', March 2012 - 177-81; CLIV
p. 179
Fig. 8 on p. 178

Bordeaux, Jean-Luc, François Le Moyne and his generation, 1688-1737, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1984
p. 150

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, black ink, dates added in grey: "F. Le Moine. N.1688. D.1737."; lower centre, graphite: "Francois Le Moine_1699_1737."; lower right edge, graphite: "Chaloner Smith Collection". Mount (historic), Verso: upper right corner, brown ink, abraded and unclear: "[...]w"; lower left corner, a clipping cut from a publication, printed in black ink: "MOINE ou MOYNE (FRANÇOIS LE), né à Paris en 1688, / mort dans la même ville le 4 juin 1737. //".

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: John Chaloner Smith (L.2295 bis), with the number “10-109”.

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