Amor mocked from The Games of Nymphs and Lovers
Maker
(artist)
1716-1809
1716-1809
Title
Amor mocked from The Games of Nymphs and Lovers
Date of Production
1794 - 1796
Medium
pen and grey-brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount (same as D.1932.XX.3-6)
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3717
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
purchased from the artist, probably by William Beckford (1760-1844); Tomás Harris, London (1908-1964); purchased from him at the Spanish Gallery (London) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961 ...Less
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961 ...Less
Literature
Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand, Joseph-Marie Vien. Peintre du Roi (1716-1809), Paris 1988
fig. 159
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 707
fig. 159
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 707
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “L’amour moqué et exposé à la risée.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “9.”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “J.M Vien ( / Others from same sketchbook in / British Museum, Berlin, Courtauld Institute //”; right of centre, dark brown ink, circled with a monogram: “82 Jh” (not in Lugt); lower right corner, grey ink, circled but crossed out twice: “554”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “L’amour moqué et exposé à la risée.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “9.”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “J.M Vien ( / Others from same sketchbook in / British Museum, Berlin, Courtauld Institute //”; right of centre, dark brown ink, circled with a monogram: “82 Jh” (not in Lugt); lower right corner, grey ink, circled but crossed out twice: “554”.
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