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Man and woman meeting and embracing

Maker

(artist)
1661-1722

Title

Man and woman meeting and embracing

Date of Production

1661-1722

Medium

black, red and white chalk, with some stumping, on blue laid paper, the left edge irregularly cut and made up, laid down on a historic support (the same support as other Coypels in the collection)

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3630

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

Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 13 December 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 December 1944 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Garnier, Nicole, Antoine Coypel (1661-1722), Paris 1989
no. 626
fig. 552

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing due to support. Support (historic): lower centre edge, two lines of words but obscured by drawing sheet and cut off by lower edge so unable to decipher.

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

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A / 12742 //". Support (historic), Verso: left lower edge, graphite, cut off: "[...]ing Ulysses?".

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