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Standing woman seen from behind

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1689-1760

Title

Standing woman seen from behind

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 18.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4161

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

John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1507; purchased from him by Colnaghi & Obach (London), October 1912 (according to Lugt, L.1507 was the mark appended by Colnaghi to the 600+ sheets acquired from Heseltine at this time); Paul Wallraf (Paris); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 18 May 1949, lot 35; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Literature

Eidelberg, Martin, 'Philippe Mercier as a Draftsman' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 2006 - 411-449; 44, 4
no. X30
fig. 56 on p. 438

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 63

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 105

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner, fragment: a chaplet with a cross.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Mercier / Heseltine Coll //”; lower left corner, graphite: “2540”.

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