Study of a young woman, singing in a family portrait (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1656-1746
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
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
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
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
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).
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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