Adoration of the Magi
Maker
(artist)
1686-1755
1686-1755
Title
Adoration of the Magi
Date of Production
1715 - 1717
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3232
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
probably Gabriel Huquier, Paris (1695-1772); probably one of two drawings of this subject in his sale, P. IJver (Amsterdam), 14 - 26 September 1761, lot 2806 or lot 2809; if the former, purchased by Simon Fokke, Amsterdam (1712-1784) if the latter, purchased by IJver; Max de Beer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less
Literature
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 516
Opperman, Hal N., Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977
no. D161
fig. 35
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
cat. no. 4 ...More
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 37, p. 84
ill. on p. 85
Le baroque des lumières: Chefs-d'œuvre des églises parisiennes au XVIIIe siècle, Paris: Petit Palais, 2017, Paris, Musées des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
p. 50
ill. on p. 50
prep for cat no. 2 ...Less
cat. no. 516
Opperman, Hal N., Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977
no. D161
fig. 35
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
cat. no. 4 ...More
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 37, p. 84
ill. on p. 85
Le baroque des lumières: Chefs-d'œuvre des églises parisiennes au XVIIIe siècle, Paris: Petit Palais, 2017, Paris, Musées des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
p. 50
ill. on p. 50
prep for cat no. 2 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: “J.B. Oudry.”; lower right, grey ink, underlined: “7”; lower right edge, graphite: “5th Day L882”; lower right corner, graphite: “28”; lower right corner, brown ink: “42”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “N55”; lower left, graphite, partially erased: “[…]or / 1380 //”; lower centre, graphite: “19984 4th Cat / […] HN/-/- //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: “J.B. Oudry.”; lower right, grey ink, underlined: “7”; lower right edge, graphite: “5th Day L882”; lower right corner, graphite: “28”; lower right corner, brown ink: “42”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “N55”; lower left, graphite, partially erased: “[…]or / 1380 //”; lower centre, graphite: “19984 4th Cat / […] HN/-/- //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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