Two horses and riders
Maker
(artist)
1694-1739
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
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
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).
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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