Studies after Roman bas-reliefs
Maker
(artist)
1594-1665
1594-1665
Title
Studies after Roman bas-reliefs
Date of Production
1635 - 1640
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with red chalk framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 31.3 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1546
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
Chariot racing
Provenance
Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy, Aix-en-Provence (1764-1829), L.1710; Count Moriz von Fries, Vienna (1777-1826), L.2903; Max Rosenheim, Hampstead (1849-1911) and Maurice Rosenheim, Hampstead (1852-1922); their estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 2 May 1923, lot 108; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings by Nicolas Poussin from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 04/12/1990-17/02/1991
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...More
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Exposition Nicolas Poussin, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1960 ...Less
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...More
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Exposition Nicolas Poussin, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1960 ...Less
Literature
Rosenberg, Pierre and Prat, Louis-Antoine, Nicolas Poussin 1594–1665: Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Vol. I. Milan 1994.
no. 193 on p. 38
p. 369
Drawings by Nicolas Poussin from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1990-1991
cat. no. 33
fig. 33
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. 76 ...More
Blunt, Anthony and Friedlaender, Walter, The drawings of Nicholas Poussin: catalogue raisonne. Vol. V, Drawings after the antique, miscellaneous drawings, addenda, London 1974
no. 343 on p. 40
pl. 264 ...Less
no. 193 on p. 38
p. 369
Drawings by Nicolas Poussin from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1990-1991
cat. no. 33
fig. 33
Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. 76 ...More
Blunt, Anthony and Friedlaender, Walter, The drawings of Nicholas Poussin: catalogue raisonne. Vol. V, Drawings after the antique, miscellaneous drawings, addenda, London 1974
no. 343 on p. 40
pl. 264 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing a bird standing in profile (see tracing in file).
Inscription: Recto, both within the drawing, brown ink, artist’s hand: upper right: “dis manibus / sangti pacci / saturnis indigo / paccia secondo / coniugi / bene inventi / posunt / promise inliorum [?] / orientia Amiceti / Call. Anthi. / [?] pyrricHPS. //”; left centre edge: “pugillator”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Count Moriz von Fries (L.2903); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran marquis de Lagoy (L.1710). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto, both within the drawing, brown ink, artist’s hand: upper right: “dis manibus / sangti pacci / saturnis indigo / paccia secondo / coniugi / bene inventi / posunt / promise inliorum [?] / orientia Amiceti / Call. Anthi. / [?] pyrricHPS. //”; left centre edge: “pugillator”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Count Moriz von Fries (L.2903); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran marquis de Lagoy (L.1710). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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