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Two studies of the Virgin and Child

Maker

(artist)
1661-1722

Title

Two studies of the Virgin and Child

Date of Production

1661-1722

Medium

red and white chalk on brown laid paper, laid down on a historic support (same support as other Coypels in the collection), a large area of lower left corner cut out and made up with wash

Dimensions

Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 32 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3633

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. 221
fig. 75

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing due to the support. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre: two lines of text visible only in raking light, illegible.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 12748"; lower left edge, graphite: "33"; lower right corner, graphite: "No. 23 / C. Coypel //". Support (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: "two / 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 / and / 6 x 4 3/4 //".

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

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