Woman kneeling with her hands clasped
Maker
(artist)
1661-1722
1661-1722
Title
Woman kneeling with her hands clasped
Date of Production
1661-1722
Medium
black, red and white chalk, the latter applied in some areas as bodycolour, on grey-prepared laid paper, laid down on a historic support (same support as other Coypels in the collection)
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3631
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 study may be preparatory for a figure in the artist’s 1681 Visitation painted for the church of the Assumption on the rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. The painting is lost but known through an engraving.
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
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
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 ...More
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
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 ...More
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
Literature
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 13, p. 34
ill. on p. 35 (b&w) and np (colour)
Garnier, Nicole, Antoine Coypel (1661-1722), Paris 1989
no. 627
fig. 554
no. 13, p. 34
ill. on p. 35 (b&w) and np (colour)
Garnier, Nicole, Antoine Coypel (1661-1722), Paris 1989
no. 627
fig. 554
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "24"; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A12739"; lower right corner, graphite: "C. Coypel". Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "8 1/2 x 9 1/2".
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: "24"; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A12739"; lower right corner, graphite: "C. Coypel". Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "8 1/2 x 9 1/2".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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