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The sermon of Saint Ferréol and Saint Ferjeux for the Basilica at Besançon

Maker

(artist)
1700-1777

Title

The sermon of Saint Ferréol and Saint Ferjeux for the Basilica at Besançon

Date of Production

1754

Medium

black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, white bodycolour (now oxidised in places), on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 41 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2030

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

Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792); Sir Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew, George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 242; purchased there by C. Davis; W. Maskew; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 11 March 1925, lot 27; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004

France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...More

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953

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

Literature

Caviglia-Brunel, Susanna, Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Paris 2012
no. D. 521
ill. on p. 402

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 387

Bénard, M., Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, Paris 1810
no. 3339
as Saint Denis

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to the mount.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower centre on step, brown ink, signed by the artist: “C NATOIRE”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Natoire / signed. //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600). Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Charles Greville (L.549); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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