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Two monkeys in costume, smoking

Maker


1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1684-1721

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1759

Title

Two monkeys in costume, smoking

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3733

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






Animals in human situations



Provenance

Messlin (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 May 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 May 1945 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002

France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968

Literature

Les singeries de Christophe Huet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, 2006
p. 18
ill. on p. 18

Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996
vol. III, no. R 224
rejected as by Watteau

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in drawing. Mount (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: bottom of a Strasburg lily above letters “L V G”.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner graphite, abraded: “5/[…]”; lower centre edge, graphite: “C. Huet”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite, faded: “+ / 10/6 […] P[…]”.

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

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