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Louis XIV crossing the Rhine (recto)
Sketch of figures (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1642-1708

Title

Louis XIV crossing the Rhine (recto)
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

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)

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.

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