Kneeling female figure - studies for 'The Judgment of Solomon' tapestry (now lost)
Maker
(artist)
1590-1649
1590-1649
Title
Kneeling female figure - studies for 'The Judgment of Solomon' tapestry (now lost)
Date of Production
(circa) 1627
Medium
black and white chalk on brown laid paper, all four corners lost and made up, the upper edge uneven where a figure’s hand protrudes beyond the edge of the sheet, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 39.3 cm
Width: 39.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4269
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
Marquis Philippe de Chennevières, Paris and Bellesme (1820-1899), L.2073 (or 2072?); possibly his estate sale, Paul Roblin (Paris), 4 - 7 April 1900, part of lot 517; Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (b. 1853), L.897; Galerie de Bayser (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
Literature
Prat, Louis-Antoine and Rosenberg, Pierre, La collection Chennevières: Quatre siècles de dessins français, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2007
cat. no. 604
p. 141, 376, cat no. 604
ill. on p. 376
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 47, p. 104
ill. on p. 105 (b&w) and np (colour)
Vouet, Grand Palais, Paris, 1990-1991, 1990
p. 493
ill. on p. 493 ...More
Brejon de Lavergnée, Barbara, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, École française, Dessins de Simon Vouet 1590-1649, Paris 1987
pp. 64-65, no. XXI
ill. on p. 65
Rosenberg, Pierre, 'Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, École française, Dessins de Simon Vouet 1590-1649' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1987 - pp. 414-19; XXV, 4
p. 416 ...Less
cat. no. 604
p. 141, 376, cat no. 604
ill. on p. 376
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 47, p. 104
ill. on p. 105 (b&w) and np (colour)
Vouet, Grand Palais, Paris, 1990-1991, 1990
p. 493
ill. on p. 493 ...More
Brejon de Lavergnée, Barbara, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, École française, Dessins de Simon Vouet 1590-1649, Paris 1987
pp. 64-65, no. XXI
ill. on p. 65
Rosenberg, Pierre, 'Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, École française, Dessins de Simon Vouet 1590-1649' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1987 - pp. 414-19; XXV, 4
p. 416 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4269”; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: “N00 [?]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “191 / Simon Vouet / Greuze [the former word crossed out] No 49 / 1590 x1649 //”; upper right corner, graphite, unclear: “1mp O[...] / #15 //”; upper right corner, brown ink: “Simon Vouet”; lower right, graphite: “Etude pour le jugt de Salomon au Louvre / Simon Vouet / Eg Rodrigues //”; lower left edge, graphite: “Collection P. Chennevières”; lower right corner, brown ink on a blue printed label: “No. 107.D / 79951 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: on made-up lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Philippe de Chennevières (L.2072 or 2073); partially on made-up lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Eugène Rodrigues (L.897).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4269”; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: “N00 [?]”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “191 / Simon Vouet / Greuze [the former word crossed out] No 49 / 1590 x1649 //”; upper right corner, graphite, unclear: “1mp O[...] / #15 //”; upper right corner, brown ink: “Simon Vouet”; lower right, graphite: “Etude pour le jugt de Salomon au Louvre / Simon Vouet / Eg Rodrigues //”; lower left edge, graphite: “Collection P. Chennevières”; lower right corner, brown ink on a blue printed label: “No. 107.D / 79951 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: on made-up lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Philippe de Chennevières (L.2072 or 2073); partially on made-up lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Eugène Rodrigues (L.897).
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