Return from the hunt
Maker
(artist)
1725-1805
1725-1805
Title
Return from the hunt
Date of Production
(circa) 1775
Medium
black chalk, grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 33 cm
Width: 33 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3868
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
Konstantinoff (Paris); purchased there by 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
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less
Literature
Munhall, Edgar, Greuze the draftsman, New York 2002
p. 212 under no. 75
fig. 184 on p. 212
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 25, p. 56
ill. on p. 57
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
p. 194 ...More
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
cat. no. 25
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 322
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 74 ...Less
p. 212 under no. 75
fig. 184 on p. 212
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 25, p. 56
ill. on p. 57
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
p. 194 ...More
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
cat. no. 25
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 322
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 74 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned shield with a horn above “D & CB” (Dirk Blauw, North Holland, 1750 and after - see Gravell and Miller 1983, pp. 51, 221 and Voorn 1960, pp. 413-19). Backing sheet (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: left centre edge: “MOYEN / NORMANDIE / [last 2 lines illegible] //”.
Inscription: Backing sheet (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “600”; centre, graphite: “premiere pensee pour son tableau / "...... / rnp[?] / J B Greuze //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Backing sheet (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “600”; centre, graphite: “premiere pensee pour son tableau / "...... / rnp[?] / J B Greuze //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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