Beggar on crutches before a horseman
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1683-1733
(artist)
1683-1733
Title
Beggar on crutches before a horseman
Date of Production
1700 - 1733
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on heavily foxed laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 29 cm
Width: 29 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.284
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Brossel, C., ‘Charles van Falens (1683-1733). Peintre du Régent et de Louis XV Académicien’ in 'Revue Belge d’Archéologie et d’histoire de l’art', 1965 - pp. 211-26; XXXV, 3-4
p. 225
with erroneous inv. no. 289
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
p. 225
with erroneous inv. no. 289
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
Inscriptions
Watermark: cut off by upper centre edge, fragments of letters visible - the second one likely a C
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, graphite: 70 and below that Witt number 284; lower left edge, graphite: Van falens.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, graphite: 70 and below that Witt number 284; lower left edge, graphite: Van falens.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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