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Portrait of Madame de Carnavalet (?)

Maker

Nicolas Quesnel (artist)
died 1632

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1543-1619

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black, red and brown chalk, graphite, on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 22.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.206

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

Label Text

According to the inscription, the sitter is Madame de Carnavalet (Kernevenoy), a Breton noblewoman and lady-in-waiting to Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France. Quesnel, part of a family of artists who specialised in portraits, has not softened flaws in her features, but has nonetheless rendered her with the gravity and elegance typical of late sixteenth-century French court portraiture. The inscription suggests that the drawing was kept in an album as part of a series.

Provenance

John Rushout, Earl of Northwick (1770-1859); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£9); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - French Portraits, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2013-02/09/2013

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

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

French Art 1600-1800, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 25/10/1938-10/12/1938 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Backing sheet: centre: Strasburg lily / 4 / monogram WR.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: Madame de Cannanattot. Par Quesnel.. Support (historic), Verso: centre graphite: 18 / 18 / m o .

Collector's mark: none.

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