Landscape with river and bridge
Maker
(artist)
1703-1770
1703-1770
Title
Landscape with river and bridge
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 40.8 cm
Width: 53.5 cm
Width: 53.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3439
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
Notes
This sheet is preparatory for the painting 'Two peasants in a landscape' (1749). The painted setting was executed by Boucher’s pupil Nicolas Juliard after Boucher’s template, while Boucher himself contributed two figures to the scene.
Provenance
Guy Bellingham-Smith, London (1865-1949); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 3 January 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 3 January 1944 (£75); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Boucher - Landscapes, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England, 22/01/2005-27/03/2005
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
Literature
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 59
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 65
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 50 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 61
ill. on p. 77 ...Less
cat. no. 59
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 65
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 50 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 61
ill. on p. 77 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, left centre: “P B” (not found in Heawood).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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