Concert at Montagu House
Maker
(artist)
1679-1772
1679-1772
Title
Concert at Montagu House
Date of Production
1735
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with graphite framing lines, laid down on modern backing (needed as support for several large cracks in the sheet)
Dimensions
Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3256
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
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Edith?); purchased from her by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Music Party, Handel House & London & England, 07/09/2011-27/11/2011
The Music Party, Boughton House & Northampton & England, 11/06/2011-01/09/2011
Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Tate Gallery, London, 01/07/1967-30/07/1967 ...More
Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Aldeburgh Festival, 03/06/1967-25/06/1967
Anthology of British Portraits, Swansea, 1961
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
Marcellus Laroon, Blairman Gallery, London, 1951
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
The Music Party, Boughton House & Northampton & England, 11/06/2011-01/09/2011
Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Tate Gallery, London, 01/07/1967-30/07/1967 ...More
Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Aldeburgh Festival, 03/06/1967-25/06/1967
Anthology of British Portraits, Swansea, 1961
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
Marcellus Laroon, Blairman Gallery, London, 1951
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
Ribiero, Aileen and Valerie Cumming, The Visual History of Costume, London, Batsford, 1989
no. 102
ill. on p. 139
Raines, Robert, Marcellus Laroon, London and New York, 1967
no. 53
pl. 22
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 67 ...More
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. 20
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 103
Thieme Becker, Kunstler Lexikon
p. 390 ...Less
no. 102
ill. on p. 139
Raines, Robert, Marcellus Laroon, London and New York, 1967
no. 53
pl. 22
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 67 ...More
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. 20
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 103
Thieme Becker, Kunstler Lexikon
p. 390 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend above letters "L V G" (matches Heawood 102 - dated c. 1772 - though distance between chain lines on the sheet is narrower).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, signed and dated: "Mar: Laroon. Fecit. 1735.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, signed and dated: "Mar: Laroon. Fecit. 1735.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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