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Two standing monks

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1629-1687

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1616-1655

Title

Two standing monks

Date of Production

1680 - 1689

Medium

black and white chalk on buff laid paper, the lower right corner made up

Dimensions

Height: 29 cm
Width: 25.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1888

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




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Provenance

sold 1887; John Waldie; bound in an album of 45 drawings, listed under 'Various Owners', Sotheby's (London), 28 November 1922, lot 112; Archibald George Blomefield Russell, London and Swanage (1879-1955); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (with 12 others, 28 shillings each), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971

Literature

Michielin, Marijke, 'Sixteen New Drawings by Louis Licherie from an Unpublished Album in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts', Master Drawings Spring 2016; 54, 1
p. 24

Whiteley, John, Catalogue of the collection of drawings in the Ashmolean Museum. Volume VII. French School, Oxford 2000
p. 147 under no. 442

Mérot, Alain, 'Le dessin francais au XVIIe siècle: vingt ans de recherches' in 'Revue de l'Art', 1994 - 43-50; 105
p. 45
Fig. 3 on p. 45 ...More

Mérot, Alain, Eustache Le Sueur, 1616-1655, Paris 1987
p. 429
Catalogued as 'Louis Licherie?' under ‘Œuvres rejetées'

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971
cat. no. 20 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Border mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite, underlined: "square".

Collector's mark: Border mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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