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Roman capriccio

Maker

(artist)
1733-1808

Title

Roman capriccio

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, red chalk, red chalk wash on laid paper, the two lower corners cut, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 32.3 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4185

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

Hippolyte Destailleur (1822-1893); his estate sale, 26-27 May 1893, lot 102 (described as an album of 65 sketches executed in chalks by Robert circa 1780) [this according to Deglatigny's 1937 sale catalogue]; purchased there by Morgand; Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (1854-1936), L.1768a; his estate sale, experts Féral, Catroux et Huteau, Paris, 14-15 June 1937; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 June 1949, lot 25; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£18); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970 ...More

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 65

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 62

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: shield containing horn above a triangle above "VANDER LEY" (no match found in Churchill or Heawood because the shield in the sheet is not crowned).

Inscription: Mount: Verso: upper left, graphite: [upside down] "F / #7"; upper centre, graphite: "X"

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in red ink, very faint and therefore difficult to identify securely: probably Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a).

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