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Vegetable market

Maker

(artist)
1735-1784

Title

Vegetable market

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic card support

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 39.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3595

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

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Provenance

François Renaud, Paris (late 19th - early 20th century), L.1042; J. Leslie Wright (1862-1954); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 15 March 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 20 June 1944 (£41); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959

French Master Drawings of the 18th century, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1950

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to card support.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: Francois Renaud (L.1042).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on the basket at lower right, upside down, brown ink, signed by the artist: "lapicier", and below in brown wash “celui la […]” [? See UV photo]; lower left corner, graphite, faded and hard to read: "Lapee[...]".

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