Landscape with three figures resting at the foot of a tree
Maker
(artist)
1734-1781
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1808
1734-1781
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1808
Title
Landscape with three figures resting at the foot of a tree
Date of Production
1769
Medium
black chalk, grey wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 34.9 cm
Width: 29.5 cm
Width: 29.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3154
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’s mark, L.172; Robinson & Foster (London), 22 October 1942; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 27 October 1942 (£14, as by Pillement); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Boucher - Landscapes, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England, 22/01/2005-27/03/2005
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 440
cat. no. 440
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed with the artist’s monogram and dated: “J.LP. 1769”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, unclear: something cut off and/or crossed out, and “S Danjeu [?]” [reading by J. Tonkovich, see notes].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, blindstamped: unidentified collector’s mark (L.172).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed with the artist’s monogram and dated: “J.LP. 1769”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, unclear: something cut off and/or crossed out, and “S Danjeu [?]” [reading by J. Tonkovich, see notes].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, blindstamped: unidentified collector’s mark (L.172).
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