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Equestrian portrait of Philip V of Spain

Maker

Francisco Antonio Meléndez (artist)
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

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

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).

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