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Cavalrymen on the march

Maker

(artist)
1679-1772

Title

Cavalrymen on the march

Date of Production

1771

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines and pink wash accidentally transferred to upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 48 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2853

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

Arthur H. Harlow (New York); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 15 September 1936; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 September 1936 (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Tate Gallery, London, 01/07/1967-30/07/1967

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Marcellus Laroon, Blairman Gallery, London, 1951 ...More

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less

Literature

Raines, Robert, Marcellus Laroon, London and New York, 1967
no. 68 on p. 136
pl. 72

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 21 ...More

Sitwell, Sacheverell, Conversation pieces : a survey of English domestic portraits and their painters, London 1936
p. 42
date wrongly given as 1772 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: cross above "IHS / IVILLEDARY".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, pen and brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Marcellus. Laroon. F.1771.”; lower left corner, graphite: “born 1678 died 1771 – aged 93”. Verso: centre, pen and brown ink: “Marcellus Laroon . born 1678 died 1771. aged 93.-“; centre, graphite: “Lot 12.” and “#14”; lower right, graphite: “45”; lower right, graphite: “1771 / 1678 / 93”; lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A8727”; lower right corner, graphite: “77”.

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