Man and woman meeting and embracing
Maker
(artist)
1661-1722
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
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
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?".
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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