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View of a Roman triumphal arch and other buildings

Maker

Louis Gabriel Moreau (artist)
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

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

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).

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