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Philippe, Regent, Duke of Orleans, on horseback

Maker

Attributed to (?)
(artist)
1688-1752

Title

Date of Production

1711 - 1731

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on blue laid paper, cut into an oval, with grey ink and bodycolour framing lines (now oxidised and flaked off in several areas)

Dimensions

Height: 38.8 cm
Width: 51.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3072

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

Label Text

This portrait of Philippe d’Orléans (1674-1723), Regent of France, depicts the duke as a military hero wearing the insignia of the Order of the Holy Spirit; he had distinguished himself in battle during the War of Spanish Succession. Parrocel, who specialised in military scenes, likely made this drawing upon his return to France from several years in Rome. The oval format and highly finished execution suggest that he intended it as an independent work.

Provenance

Wheeler (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 15 July 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 July 1943 (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - French Portraits, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2013-02/09/2013

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: “C. Parrocel. f”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “S.A.S. monseigneur Le Duc d’Orleans Régent”. Verso: left centre, graphite, underlined: “11969”; lower right, graphite: “(5095 CW)”; lower right, graphite, circled: “7.14”; lower centre edge, graphite: “20135”; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: “3072”; lower right edge, graphite: “2035”; lower right edge, graphite: “3503”; lower right edge, graphite: “COA”.

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

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