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Study of an antique statue - Mercury attaching his sandal

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1684-1721

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1759

Title

Study of an antique statue - Mercury attaching his sandal

Date of Production

(circa) 1730

Medium

black, red and white chalk on brown laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1084

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

Jonathan Richardson, the younger, London (1694-1771), L.2170; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20/11/1999-27/02/2000

Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More

Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 20/01/1932-20/02/1932 ...Less

Literature

Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. 78

Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 1932, 1932

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Watteau”. Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in Rosenberg 1996): “C. Huet”. Backing sheet, Recto: centre, printed in black ink, showing through to verso: “Un De profundis / & de MM. DE POILLY, PETIT //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170).

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