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Allegorical figures supporting a medallion portrait of a man

Maker

Attributed to

1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1612-1695

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, the upper edge having been excised and then rejoined (or made up), with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 36 cm
Width: 28.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4268

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

Label Text

Surrounded by figures representing Fame, History and Charity, Time hoists a medallion containing a faintly sketched male profile. The composition appears to derive from a thesis print designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Such prints were commissioned by doctoral students to celebrate a successful thesis defence and to honour a powerful patron; Le Brun’s composition depicted Louis XIV. The present artist may have adapted the design for another purpose, perhaps the frontispiece of a book.

Provenance

unidentified collector (not in Lugt?); Galerie de Bayser (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - French Portraits, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2013-02/09/2013

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower centre on book, brown ink: “sigtkur[?]”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “6 / 42486 / […] //”; lower right edge, brown ink, former attribution: “P. Migniard”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “dn 234/cat”; upper left, graphite, circled: “32”; upper centre, graphite: “35 ½ x 43 ½”; lower right, graphite: “P. Mignard / 1610-1695 //”; lower left corner, graphite: “Open ½ […]”; lower right corner, graphite: “#9”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (not in Lugt?). Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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