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
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
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
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).
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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