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Portrait of a man, in a medallion

Maker

(artist)
1738-1788

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1730-1809

Title

Date of Production

1775

Medium

black and white chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4423

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

Pujos moved in scholarly circles in Paris and Toulouse, and this unidentified sitter was perhaps a writer, scholar or inventor. Presented in the form of a medallion above a trompe l’oeil plaque inscribed with a laudatory verse, the drawing conforms to the conventions of portrait prints and may well have been destined to be engraved. Pujos’s background as a miniaturist is apparent in his delicate rendering of the man’s features and the folds of his jacket.

Provenance

Ethel Floersheim; her sale, Christie's (London), 23 June 1950, lot 124; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£9.9); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

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 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Il a tout ce qui plait & tout ce qu’on admire; / Ses goûts sont des talens, ses plaisirs des vertus. / L’humanité l’enflamme & l’Amitié l’inspire. / Son esprit est divin: son Coeur est au dessus.”; lower centre, black chalk, partially on the drawing and partially on the mount (the lower portion made up later?), signed and dated by the artist: “A. Pujos Det… 1775”.

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

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