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Study for part of a composition

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1679-1752

Copy after
(artist)
1703-1770

Title

Study for part of a composition

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black and red chalk on laid paper, with black ink framing lines mostly trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2516.1

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

Rachel Leighton; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 31 May 1932; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959

Literature

L'idée et la ligne: dessins français du musée de Grenoble XVIe-XVIIIe siècle, Musée de Grenoble, 2011
p. 126 under no. 68
fig. 68.1 on p. 126

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower centre edge: “AUVERGNE 1742” in a banner (matches Heawood 2397 - Rouen 1725).

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, red chalk, signed by the artist? cut off at the edge: “[…]e Troye”.

Collector's mark: none.

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