Annunciation
Maker
(artist)
1688-1737
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
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
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
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”.
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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