Plant study
Maker
(artist)
1727-1808
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770
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
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
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
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).
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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