Roman ruin on the Palatine
Maker
(artist)
1705-1772
1705-1772
Title
Roman ruin on the Palatine
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk on brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 41.8 cm
Width: 41.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3929
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
Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779, second night, lot 15 (fifteen [drawings] by Blanchet &c.); Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Richard Wilson RA (1714-1782) and the Transformation of European landscape painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 06/03/2014-01/06/2014; National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 05/07/2014-29/10/2014
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 19/03/1959-31/05/1959
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 19/03/1959-31/05/1959
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
Literature
Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 6 Mar. - 1 June 2014; and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 5 Jul. - 26 Oct. 2014 Postle, Martin 2014
cat. no. 12
no. 12 on p. 214 and fig. 59 on p. 65
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 1, p. 10
ill. on p. 11
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 23 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 49
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 84
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 10
no. 10
Brinsley Ford, The drawings of Richard Wilson, London 1951
p. 25n3 ...Less
cat. no. 12
no. 12 on p. 214 and fig. 59 on p. 65
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 1, p. 10
ill. on p. 11
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 23 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 49
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 84
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 10
no. 10
Brinsley Ford, The drawings of Richard Wilson, London 1951
p. 25n3 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: "D" topped by a small crown with a fleur-de-lis? (Unclear due to colour of paper, not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: "L.G. Blanchet / d'apres Nature //". Verso: upper left, graphite, unclear: "IL [?"; lower right, graphite: "1705-1772"; right lower edge, graphite: "#5"; lower right corner, graphite: "68".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: "L.G. Blanchet / d'apres Nature //". Verso: upper left, graphite, unclear: "IL [?"; lower right, graphite: "1705-1772"; right lower edge, graphite: "#5"; lower right corner, graphite: "68".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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