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Studies of female nudes

Maker

(artist)
1736-1807

Title

Studies of female nudes

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 16.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3247

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

Baron Jérome Pichon, Paris (1812-1896); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 13 July 1933; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 8 March 1943 (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge fragment: lower part of a shield(?) above the letter “L”.

Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, graphite, first word unclear: “5. in[…]dor 6. thermidor”; lower right, graphite: “A: de St Aubin”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “Augustin de Saint-Aubin / (brother of Gabriel) / French. 1736-1807 / Figure studies probably of his wife / Colls. Baron Pichon / Heseltine //”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: centre, graphite: “A sheet of studies, probably from Madame de St. Aubin / by Augustin de St. Aubin / (from the Collections of Baron Pichon + J.P. Heseltine) //”.

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

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