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The dream of Saint Joseph (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1699-1749

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1661-1722

Title

The dream of Saint Joseph (recto)

Date of Production

1722-1726

Medium

graphite, white chalk, on blue laid paper, incised for transfer, the verso prepared with red chalk, with a black and white chalk fragment of wings

Dimensions

Height: 22.7 cm
Height: 15.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.496

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (10 shillings, as by Subleyras); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Subleyras, 1699-1749, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Académie de France, Villa Médicis, Italy, 20/02/1987-19/07/1987

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

Literature

Subleyras, 1699-1749, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Académie de France, Villa Médicis, Rome, 1987
cat. no. 3
Illus. p. 142

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Subleyras”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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