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Cavalryman riding along a road (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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[…]”.

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