Studies of felines
Maker
(artist)
1798-1863
1798-1863
Title
Studies of felines
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 38.4 cm
Width: 38.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3975
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
the artist's estate sale, F. Petit and Tedesco (Paris), 17 - 19 February 1864, probably lot 485, L.838a; Paul Prouté (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
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
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
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...Less
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
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
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...Less
Literature
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 14, p. 36
ill. on p. 37
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 69
no. 14, p. 36
ill. on p. 37
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 69
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: shield containing letters "HP", flanked by laurel leaves and crowned with a laurel wreath.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined, somewhat obscured by tissue but is mark of Paul Prouté: "11&F".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in red ink: Eugène Delacroix (L.838a).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined, somewhat obscured by tissue but is mark of Paul Prouté: "11&F".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in red ink: Eugène Delacroix (L.838a).
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