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Two horses and riders

Maker

(artist)
1694-1739

Title

Two horses and riders

Date of Production

(circa) 1730

Medium

black and white chalk and brown wash on paper with remnants of a brown ink framing line, laid down on blue paper support, with water stains in the upper right quarter of the sheet

Dimensions

Height: 44.7 cm
Width: 39.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3343

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 22 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 23 October 1943 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 80

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, crossed out with an “x” over the entire text: “Adam Francais van der Meulen / 11. 1. 1631 Bruxell / + 1510 1690 Paris / Peintre Louis XIV / Louvre, Versailles, Cassel, Augsbourg, Dresden, / Madrid, Wien, Darmstadt, Berlin, Hambourg / Munique, Rotterdam, Bal, Genève, Aschaffenbourg / St. Petersbourg, Turin, New York, Edinburgh, etc etc”; below that, graphite, L.G. Duke’s hand: “D489/ J. Vanderbank d 1739. / c 1730 / LGD” and beside that in graphite, Witt number: “3343”.

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

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