Tavern scene
Maker
Michel-Ange Houasse (artist)
1680-1730
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1645-1710
1680-1730
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1645-1710
Title
Tavern scene
Date of Production
1695 - 1730
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 27.7 cm
Width: 27.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4060
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
Frank. [this is the seller's information as written on Witt's index card, but this abbreviation does not appear in his index so the identity is unknown]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Literature
Lett, Matthieu, René-Antoine Houasse: peindre pour Louis XIV, Paris 2020
no. DR.1
repr.
DR = dessins rejetés; agreed it had more relation to his son, Michel-Ange
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 336
no. DR.1
repr.
DR = dessins rejetés; agreed it had more relation to his son, Michel-Ange
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 336
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre? Unable to see clearly due to backing card.
Inscription: Verso (backing card): upper left corner, graphite: “5491 houasse”; lower right corner, graphite: “10/6”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing card): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing card): upper left corner, graphite: “5491 houasse”; lower right corner, graphite: “10/6”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing card): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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