Cavalryman riding along a road (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1688-1752
(artist)
1688-1752
Title
Cavalryman riding along a road (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk, with horizontal and vertical centre lines drawn in graphite (recto), black chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.9 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1086
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
Henry Stephen Olivier, Potterne Manor, Wiltshire (1795-1864), L.1373; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 20/01/1932-20/02/1932
Literature
Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 1932, 1932
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper centre: two lines of text each contained within banners: “D[four leaf clover]MAIMENEIDE / AUVERGNE […]49 //” (a combination of elements from Heawood 3377 and 3385 – Paris, 1751 and Paris, c. 1746).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Henry Stephen Olivier (L.1373).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “parocel”. Verso: centre black chalk, partly obscured by the drawing: “Ber[…]”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Henry Stephen Olivier (L.1373).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “parocel”. Verso: centre black chalk, partly obscured by the drawing: “Ber[…]”.
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