L'Autel de l'Amitie (recto)
Faint sketch of female figure from recto (verso)
Maker
After
(artist)
1703-1770
Copy after
(artist)
1722-1776
(artist)
1703-1770
Copy after
(artist)
1722-1776
Title
L'Autel de l'Amitie (recto)
Faint sketch of female figure from recto (verso)
Faint sketch of female figure from recto (verso)
Date of Production
1700-1799
Medium
black chalk with stumping (recto), black chalk (verso), on grey-brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4206
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
J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1959
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1959
Literature
François Boucher in North American collections: 100 drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago Washington, D.C. 1973
p. 51 under no. 39
p. 51 under no. 39
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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