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Design for a frame

Maker

Attributed to
François-Charles Buteux (artist)
1732-1788

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Design for a frame

Date of Production

1777

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 37.4 cm
Width: 22.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4241

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

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Frameworks, Paul Mitchell Ltd, London, 08/11/1996-08/02/1997

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

Literature

Medlam, Sarah, 'Callet's portrait of Louis XVI: a picture frame as diplomatic tool' in 'Furniture History', 2007 - pp. 143-54; 43
pp. 146-47
fig. 3 on p. 147

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "I. G" (not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "pieds 2° D'arazemam / pieds 5° Et 7 po De profil / 9 5 / 6" 7. ° //"; lower right, brown ink: "D"; lower right, graphite: "7 11 / 5 3 //"; lower centre edge, brown ink, accompanying a scale: "Letons pour tenir dans 11 pieds dehaut pour les etaps de bearn [?] 1777-". Verso: lower centre, graphite, circled: "493".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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