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Study of a young woman, singing in a family portrait (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1656-1746

Title

Study of a young woman, singing in a family portrait (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1715

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping (recto and verso) on grey laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.3 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4486

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; possibly his estate sale, Paul Roblin (Paris), 4 - 7 April 1900, among lots 270-273; Max de Beer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Nicholas de Largilliere, Musée Jacquemart André, Paris, 15/10/2003-22/02/2004

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962 ...More

French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961

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

Literature

Brême, Dominique, Largillierre: un géant retrouvé: Largillierre, peintre complet: portraits, natures mortes, peintures d'histoire, paysages, Dijon 1998
p. 41
fig. 34 on p. 43

Nicholas de Largilliere (1656-1746), Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, 2003-04
no. 36
ill. on p. 129

Prat, Louis-Antoine and Rosenberg, Pierre, La collection Chennevières: Quatre siècles de dessins français, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2007
cat. no. 813
p. 161, pp. 429-30, cat no. 813
ill. on p. 430 ...More

Prat, Louis-Antoine, Le dessin français au XVIIe siècle, Paris 2013
unpag.
fig. 1051 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "No 70"; lower right edge, graphite: "137". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: “Collection Chennevières / L 2073 //”. Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file): “N. LARGILLIÈRE 1656-1746”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Philippe de Chennevières (L.2073). Verso: lower left corner, only partially stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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