Arch of the west porch of the church at Guibray, Normandy
Maker
(artist)
1782-1842
1782-1842
Title
Arch of the west porch of the church at Guibray, Normandy
Date of Production
1821
Medium
graphite and brown wash on wove paper, with graphite framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4098
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
archivolts
Provenance
S. Gould (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 2 February 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 February 1949, for £12; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
La Normandie romantique et pittoresque, Musee des Beaux-Arts & Rouen & France, 16/05/2009-16/08/2009
Voyages pittoresques : Normandie, 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen; Musée Malraux du Havre; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, 2009
Tresors des Abbayes Normandes, Musee des Antiquites, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, 27/04/1979-28/10/1979
Voyages pittoresques : Normandie, 1820-2009, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen; Musée Malraux du Havre; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, 2009
Tresors des Abbayes Normandes, Musee des Antiquites, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, 27/04/1979-28/10/1979
Literature
Goujard, Lucie et al. (eds), Voyages pittoresques Normandie 1820-2009, Milan 2008
no. I-13
ill. p. 227
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
no. I-13
ill. p. 227
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left lower centre, graphite, described in artist's hand: "West doorway of the Church at Guibray."; right lower centre, graphite, signed and dated: "J:S:Cotman 1821"; lower left edge, graphite: "West doorway of the Church at Guibray, at Falaise"; lower right corner, graphite, erased, Colnaghi number: "A 16112 [...]/6".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left lower centre, graphite, described in artist's hand: "West doorway of the Church at Guibray."; right lower centre, graphite, signed and dated: "J:S:Cotman 1821"; lower left edge, graphite: "West doorway of the Church at Guibray, at Falaise"; lower right corner, graphite, erased, Colnaghi number: "A 16112 [...]/6".
Collector's mark: none.
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