Hunting of the Calydonian boar
Maker
(artist)
1730-1777
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1684
1730-1777
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1684
Title
Hunting of the Calydonian boar
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.209
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
Vernet and de la Rue sale? (as per mount inscription, sale unidentified as of yet); unidentified collector's mark, L.172; William Sharp, Manchester (possibly 1795-1781), L.2650; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (18 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre, just visible in raking light: a large circle with a border, but unable to see more due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: No,,18,,; upper right, graphite: III . F; lower left corner, graphite: 209; lower centre, graphite, circled: 12; lower right, brown ink crossed through in graphite: La Fage; lower right, graphite: Louis Félix de la Rue. / La Rue Sale. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: 624 H O; lower right edge, graphite, abraded in corner: Vernet + De la Rue Sale [...].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: unidentified collector's mark (L.172). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, brown ink: William Sharp (L.2650).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: No,,18,,; upper right, graphite: III . F; lower left corner, graphite: 209; lower centre, graphite, circled: 12; lower right, brown ink crossed through in graphite: La Fage; lower right, graphite: Louis Félix de la Rue. / La Rue Sale. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: 624 H O; lower right edge, graphite, abraded in corner: Vernet + De la Rue Sale [...].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: unidentified collector's mark (L.172). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, brown ink: William Sharp (L.2650).
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