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Tavern scene

Maker

Michel-Ange Houasse (artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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