Design for a frame
Maker
Attributed to
François-Charles Buteux (artist)
1732-1788
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
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
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
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
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).
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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