Bacchanal
Maker
(artist)
1656-1684
1656-1684
Title
Bacchanal
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 42.6 cm
Width: 58.6 cm
Width: 58.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1450
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
possibly Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.3016a?; possibly his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 219; John MacGowan, Edinburgh (d. 1803), L.1496; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Les dessins de Raymond La Fage, Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, 1962
Literature
Les dessins de Raymond La Fage, Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, 1962
cat. no. 86
Illus. repr.
cat. no. 86
Illus. repr.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, left centre: a circle, unable to see what it contains due to backing sheet; Backing sheet: Verso, left centre: “M T [?]”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “32”; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: “LaFage”; lower right corner, brown ink, crossed through: “N55”. Verso (backing sheet): right centre edge, red ink, possibly from Reynolds’s sale, L.3016a?: “Lot 219”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “No. 9”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): right upper edge, red ink: possibly Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a); centre, stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “32”; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: “LaFage”; lower right corner, brown ink, crossed through: “N55”. Verso (backing sheet): right centre edge, red ink, possibly from Reynolds’s sale, L.3016a?: “Lot 219”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “No. 9”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): right upper edge, red ink: possibly Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a); centre, stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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