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Old man with a glass of wine

Maker

(artist)
1660-1704

Title

Date of Production

1692

Medium

black and red chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour on parchment, with black chalk framing lines

Dimensions

Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4513

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

Highly finished watercolour drawings by Dusart enjoyed great popularity with collectors. This exquisite example is on smooth vellum, made of calf skin. An extremely durable and precious support, vellum makes colours appear particularly bright and jewel-like. The refinement of the drawing technique contrasts with the coarseness of the subject, which shows a drunken peasant with a large red nose. Such contrasts were certainly appreciated by collectors.

Provenance

John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1508; Eugene Slatter (London); presented by him at Christie's (London), 23 May 1951, lot 129; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£36.15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Drawing Peasants, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/09/2010-10/02/2011

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Corñ: Dusart. fec. / 1692. //".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left, stamped in red ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508).

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