Equestrian portrait of Philip V of Spain
Maker
Francisco Antonio Meléndez (artist)
1682-1752
Formerly attributed to
Miguel Jacinto Menendez (artist)
1679-1734
1682-1752
Formerly attributed to
Miguel Jacinto Menendez (artist)
1679-1734
Title
Equestrian portrait of Philip V of Spain
Date of Production
(before?) 1714
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.327
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
Twenty-One Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 95
Illus. p. 263
Pleguezuelo, Alfonso, 'Nuevas obras del pintor Domingo Martinez' in 'In Sapientia libertas: escritos en homenaje a Alfonso Sánchez', Madrid 2007 - pp. 571-80
pp. 574-75
Illus. no. 4
no. 95
Illus. p. 263
Pleguezuelo, Alfonso, 'Nuevas obras del pintor Domingo Martinez' in 'In Sapientia libertas: escritos en homenaje a Alfonso Sánchez', Madrid 2007 - pp. 571-80
pp. 574-75
Illus. no. 4
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right of centre, double lines: “QN[the “N” backwards]SD” (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “(11)”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “Zr cf Felipe Vo por Menendez”; lower centre edge, graphite: “PHILIP V OF SPAIN BY MENENDEZ”; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: “327”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “(11)”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “Zr cf Felipe Vo por Menendez”; lower centre edge, graphite: “PHILIP V OF SPAIN BY MENENDEZ”; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: “327”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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