View of a Roman triumphal arch and other buildings
Maker
Louis Gabriel Moreau (artist)
1740-1806
Attributed to
(artist)
1733-1808
1740-1806
Attributed to
(artist)
1733-1808
Title
View of a Roman triumphal arch and other buildings
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2088
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
Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (1798-1886), L.2234 [not listed in his 1887 estate sale]; Sotheby's (London), 30 June 1925, lot 14 (as by Robert); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
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 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 20/01/1932-20/02/1932
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
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 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 20/01/1932-20/02/1932
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
Literature
Three centuries of French taste, Batsford Gallery, London, 1932, 1932
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: “x”; lower centre, brown ink, erased and now mostly illegible: “By […]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: “x”; lower centre, brown ink, erased and now mostly illegible: “By […]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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