Temple with a colonnade running over a bridge
Maker
Charles Michel-Ange Challe (artist)
1718-1778
1718-1778
Title
Temple with a colonnade running over a bridge
Medium
graphite, pen and brown and black ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4334
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
Helene de Beer, London (1898-1984); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 27 April 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 11 February 1950 (£16); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Literature
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 122
cat. no. 122
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “Challe f. Rome”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “Brangaza”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.16399.”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “Challe f. Rome”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “Brangaza”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.16399.”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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