Louis XIV crossing the Rhine (recto)
Sketch of figures (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1642-1708
1642-1708
Title
Louis XIV crossing the Rhine (recto)
Sketch of figures (verso)
Sketch of figures (verso)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (oxidised in areas), with brown ink (and red chalk, only on the left edge) framing lines (recto), pen and brown ink (verso - backing sheet), laid down
Dimensions
Width: 44.9 cm
Height: 30.2 cm
Height: 30.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3636
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
Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham (1851-1919); Walker Galleries (London); given from there to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
Literature
Prat, Louis-Antoine, Le dessin français au XVIIe siècle, Paris 2013
fig. 1342
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 11, p. 30
ill. on p. 31 (b&w), and np (colour)
fig. 1342
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 11, p. 30
ill. on p. 31 (b&w), and np (colour)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a double circle, due to backing sheet unable to see what it contains, nor what letters are in the border.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “M. Corneille”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, brown ink: “au Lieue de feire tiomphe Lavictoire / Je voudrais que ce fuit La Renomee / que Le Roy obtint La victoire //”; lower left corner, brown ink, upside down: “Liseile qui vient se jetter / dans Le sein d un fluve //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “M. Corneille”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, brown ink: “au Lieue de feire tiomphe Lavictoire / Je voudrais que ce fuit La Renomee / que Le Roy obtint La victoire //”; lower left corner, brown ink, upside down: “Liseile qui vient se jetter / dans Le sein d un fluve //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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