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Plant study

Maker

(artist)
1727-1808

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770

Title

Plant study

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black, red and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 29 cm
Width: 45.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1853

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

Sir Edward John Poynter, London (1836-1919), L.874; Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Boucher - Landscapes, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England, 22/01/2005-27/03/2005

Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004 ...More

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

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

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 20/01/1932-20/02/1932 ...Less

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 64

Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 1932, 1932

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to backing sheet.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Edward John Poynter (L.874). Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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