Female figure seated in a garden - study for 'Ludit Amabiliter'
Maker
(artist)
1741-1807
1741-1807
Title
Female figure seated in a garden - study for 'Ludit Amabiliter'
Date of Production
1729 - 1739
Medium
black and white chalk on laid paper, prepared with a grey ground laid down on mount
Dimensions
Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1038
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
William Wilson; his estate sale, King & Lochée (London), 6-22 April 1808; Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.15); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 19/11/2007-14/12/2007
German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
Literature
Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 2007
no. 5 and p. 20
Fig. 13 on p. 21
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 62
no. 5 and p. 20
Fig. 13 on p. 21
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 62
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount
Label: Removed from a former mount and now kept in the file: printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / G 8197 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in blue ink below a coat of arms, the number added in grey ink: “CITY OF MANCHESTER / ART GALLERY / 74”; printed and typewritten in black ink: “GRAVES ART GALLERY, SHEFFIELD 1953 / Exhibition of Famous British Women Artists. / Title A Study for “Ludit Amabiliter”. / Artist Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. No 62. / Lent by the Courtauld Institute of Art, / Witt Coll.”.
Inscription: Mount recto, lower left edge, graphite, artist’s name and date: “Angela Kauffmann 1729”. Mount verso, lower center, graphite: “This with an other similar to it cost Lc. 7: / Wilsons Sale 8. Ap 1808”; lower left corner, brown ink: “No / 174”; lower left edge, graphite, written over earlier inscription: “N[…] / A. Kauffmann 1739”; lower right, graphite: “Lord. St Helens Collection”. Handling edge recto, lower right corner, printed text probably removed from a former mount: “A. Kauffman. Study for “Ludit Amabiliter””.
Collector's mark: Mount recto, lower left corner, black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Removed from a former mount and now kept in the file: printed in black: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / G 8197 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588”; printed in blue ink below a coat of arms, the number added in grey ink: “CITY OF MANCHESTER / ART GALLERY / 74”; printed and typewritten in black ink: “GRAVES ART GALLERY, SHEFFIELD 1953 / Exhibition of Famous British Women Artists. / Title A Study for “Ludit Amabiliter”. / Artist Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. No 62. / Lent by the Courtauld Institute of Art, / Witt Coll.”.
Inscription: Mount recto, lower left edge, graphite, artist’s name and date: “Angela Kauffmann 1729”. Mount verso, lower center, graphite: “This with an other similar to it cost Lc. 7: / Wilsons Sale 8. Ap 1808”; lower left corner, brown ink: “No / 174”; lower left edge, graphite, written over earlier inscription: “N[…] / A. Kauffmann 1739”; lower right, graphite: “Lord. St Helens Collection”. Handling edge recto, lower right corner, printed text probably removed from a former mount: “A. Kauffman. Study for “Ludit Amabiliter””.
Collector's mark: Mount recto, lower left corner, black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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