Exhumation
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1693-1761
(artist)
1693-1761
Title
Exhumation
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey, brown and black ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.254
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
unidentified collector, L.630; Count Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Saint Petersburg (1751-1836), L.2332; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Literature
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 161
cat. no. 161
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, red chalk: “Collin de Vermont”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Collin de Vermont_”; lower right, graphite, erased and now difficult to read: “Collin de Vermont […]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, graphite: “391”; upper left, graphite: “127”; centre, graphite: “hyacinthe Collin de Vermon, / née à Bruxelles mort à Paris en 1761. / Provenient à l’accidente de peinturien 1746 [?]”; lower centre, graphite: “Witt 254”; lower left corner, brown ink: “157”; lower left edge, graphite, underlined: “Pee”; lower centre, on small octagonal label, dark brown ink: “5811.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (L.630); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (L.2332). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, red chalk: “Collin de Vermont”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Collin de Vermont_”; lower right, graphite, erased and now difficult to read: “Collin de Vermont […]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, graphite: “391”; upper left, graphite: “127”; centre, graphite: “hyacinthe Collin de Vermon, / née à Bruxelles mort à Paris en 1761. / Provenient à l’accidente de peinturien 1746 [?]”; lower centre, graphite: “Witt 254”; lower left corner, brown ink: “157”; lower left edge, graphite, underlined: “Pee”; lower centre, on small octagonal label, dark brown ink: “5811.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (L.630); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (L.2332). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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