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Portrait of the artist Jacques-Louis David (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1783-1869

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1748-1825

Title

Portrait of the artist Jacques-Louis David (recto)

Medium

graphite (recto and verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 10 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4541

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

Franklyn (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959 ...Less

Literature

Wilhelm, Jacques, David et ses portraits, Paris, Arts de France 1964
p. 169
fig. 16

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Stamp: Verso: upper centre, partially stamped in purple ink: “Douane N.[…] / Amster[…] / […]2 M[…] 1951 //”.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, underlined, identity of sitter: “David”.

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