Landscape with herdsman and cattle

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Maker

(artist)
1734-1781

Title

Landscape with herdsman and cattle

Date of Production

1756

Medium

black chalk, brown wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 12.2 cm

Object Number

D.1952.RW.2795

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper right, fragment: "C [...]".

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink over black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, partially cut off at edge: "le Prince / 1756 //". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "r/t".

Collector's mark: none.

Provenance

Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13 - 14 July 1936, lot 439; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

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