Saint Philip exorcising the demon
Maker
(artist)
1616-1655
1616-1655
Title
Saint Philip exorcising the demon
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite on laid paper, squared in graphite, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.2 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1756
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
Prosper Flury-Hérard, Paris (1804-1873), L.1015; Marquis Philippe de Chennevières, Paris and Bellesme (1820-1899), L.2073; possibly his sale, Féral (Paris), 5 - 6 May, 1898 lot 101 (as 'Sujet biblique'); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Prat, Louis-Antoine and Rosenberg, Pierre, La collection Chennevières: Quatre siècles de dessins français, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2007
cat. no. 53
p. 63, p. 229, cat no. 53
Illus. p. 229
Mérot, Alain, Eustache Le Sueur, 1616-1655, Paris 1987
p. 331, no. D.346
Illus. no. 479, np
as 'Saint Paul et le serpent'
cat. no. 53
p. 63, p. 229, cat no. 53
Illus. p. 229
Mérot, Alain, Eustache Le Sueur, 1616-1655, Paris 1987
p. 331, no. D.346
Illus. no. 479, np
as 'Saint Paul et le serpent'
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, on an added strip of blue paper, brown ink: “Lesueur.”; lower centre, graphite, erased: “226 [?]”; lower right, graphite: “Eustachiens Lesueur / 1617-1655. / 159 //”; lower left edge, graphite: ““The French Raffaello.””; lower centre edge, graphite: “P.LL”; lower right edge, graphite: “Collection Chennevières”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Philippe de Chennevières (L.2073); lower right corner, stamped in black ink with the number added in pen and brown ink: Prosper Flury-Hérard (L.1015), with the number “636”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, on an added strip of blue paper, brown ink: “Lesueur.”; lower centre, graphite, erased: “226 [?]”; lower right, graphite: “Eustachiens Lesueur / 1617-1655. / 159 //”; lower left edge, graphite: ““The French Raffaello.””; lower centre edge, graphite: “P.LL”; lower right edge, graphite: “Collection Chennevières”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Philippe de Chennevières (L.2073); lower right corner, stamped in black ink with the number added in pen and brown ink: Prosper Flury-Hérard (L.1015), with the number “636”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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