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Battle scene

Maker

(artist)
1718-1780

Title

Battle scene

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

traces of red and white chalk, pen and grey ink, grey and red-brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 51.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1106

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

Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey-brown ink, signed with the artist’s initials: “L.R.”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1106”; lower right edge, graphite: arrow pointing up at initials on drawing; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, on a separate label, blue-green ink: “Philibert Bene[...] de la Rue. (1718-1763.) / French / Painter of Portraits, landscapes + battle scenes. / Signed “L.R.” Identified by the / Keeper of Drawings + Prints, British Museum.“.

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