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Portrait of Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1634-1699)

Maker

(artist)
1646-1723

Title

Date of Production

1697 - 1699

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 22.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1398

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

Notes

Kneller, born in Germany and trained in Amsterdam, became the court painter of Charles II in 1680 after the death of the prominent portrait painter Sir Peter Lely.

Provenance

purchased by Colnaghi (London) c. 1916-1920 [based on the inventory number inscribed on the verso]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£7.8, as British School); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English portraits: from Francis Bacon, the philosopher to Francis Bacon, the painter., National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (organised by British Council), 01/10/1975-01/12/1975

Sir Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1971-1972

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950 ...Less

Literature

English Portraits, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (organised by British Council), 1975
cat. no. 109

Sir Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1971-1972
cat. no. 45
Illus. repr.

Stewart, J.D., 'Some Drawings by Sir Godfrey Kneller' in 'The Connoisseur', July 1964
pp. 192ff
pl. 2 ...More

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 13

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 34 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: possibly at recto, left centre, but rough quality of paper makes it difficult to discern.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, green crayon: "24". Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A1966".

Collector's mark: Verso: stamped twice, once at lower left corner and once at lower right corner, in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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