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A Roman woman and her duenna (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1752-1787
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1741-1825
1752-1787
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1741-1825
Title
A Roman woman and her duenna (recto)
Date of Production
1775 - 1780
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, the right edge made up
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.643
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
The striking studies of elaborately dressed Roman courtesans by the Scottish artist John Brown must have made a profound impression on his fellow artist Henry Fuseli. The two had become close friends while living in Rome, and probably met again in London shortly before Brown’s untimely death.
Notes
There is a version or copy of this drawing in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art (B1977.14.4230). The recto had long been attributed to Fuseli despite Brown's signature; the discovery in 1950 of de Claussin's etching (of 1809) after it confirmed the attribution to Brown. The verso has been related to Fuseli's painting The Artist in Conversation with Bodmer (Kunsthaus Zurich).
Provenance
William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836); his sale, T. Philipe (London), 6-23 June 1814, 14th day lot 1519; probably purchased there via Watson by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) (10 or 11.6s); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 17 November 1830, lot 103 (with the title 'A Roman lady, seen in a back view, followed by her Duenna'); purchased there by Charles Rogers (10s).; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4, along with D.1952.RW.644); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism, Kunsthaus Zurich, 24/02/2023-21/05/2023
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/10/2022-08/01/2023
The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/08/1979-01/11/1979 ...More
The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01/04/1979-01/07/1979
British Artists in Rome 1700-1800, Kenwood, London, 08/06/1974-27/08/1974
Scots in Italy in the 18th Century, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1966
An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from British collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 18/02/1962-01/04/1962
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 10/07/1959-27/09/1959
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 19/03/1959-31/05/1959
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 15/12/1935-02/03/1936
British Art Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1934-10/03/1934
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927
Johann Heinrich Fussli, 1741-1825, Kunsthaus Zurich, 18/07/1926-05/09/1926
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-25 ...Less
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/10/2022-08/01/2023
The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/08/1979-01/11/1979 ...More
The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01/04/1979-01/07/1979
British Artists in Rome 1700-1800, Kenwood, London, 08/06/1974-27/08/1974
Scots in Italy in the 18th Century, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1966
An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from British collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 18/02/1962-01/04/1962
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 10/07/1959-27/09/1959
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 19/03/1959-31/05/1959
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 15/12/1935-02/03/1936
British Art Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1934-10/03/1934
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927
Johann Heinrich Fussli, 1741-1825, Kunsthaus Zurich, 18/07/1926-05/09/1926
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-25 ...Less
Literature
The Poetical Circle: Fuseli and the British, Auckland and New Zealand, 1979
cat. no. 64
no. 64
Illus. p. 94
Pressly, Nancy L., The Fuseli Circle in Rome: Early Romantic Art of the 1770s, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979
p. 59
Tomory, Peter A.,The Life and Art of Henry Fuseli, London: Thames and Hudson, 1972
p. 169 ...More
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 104
Illus. pl. 49
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 1959
no. 626
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 13
no. 13
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 3
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 11
Brotchie, James R., '18th Century Scottish Romantic Painters', The Scottish Art Review, 1950, no. 1, pp. 7-9
p. 8
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
cat. no. 136
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 1935-1936
British Art Exhibition: commemorative catalogue, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1934
cat. no. 1135
no. 668
Illus. pl. CLV
Wilenski, Reginald Howard, English Painting, London: Faber & Faber, 1933.
Illus. pl. 84
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-1925
cat. no. 198
no. 198
David H Solkin, Füssli, Mode, Fetisch, Fantasie, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 2023
cat. no. 36
p. 129, p. 165
Solkin, Gottardo, Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, and Fetishism, The Courtauld Gallery, Kunsthaus Zurich, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2023.
cat. no. 36
pp. 129, 164
Illus. 103 ...Less
cat. no. 64
no. 64
Illus. p. 94
Pressly, Nancy L., The Fuseli Circle in Rome: Early Romantic Art of the 1770s, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979
p. 59
Tomory, Peter A.,The Life and Art of Henry Fuseli, London: Thames and Hudson, 1972
p. 169 ...More
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 104
Illus. pl. 49
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 1959
no. 626
Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 13
no. 13
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 3
Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 11
Brotchie, James R., '18th Century Scottish Romantic Painters', The Scottish Art Review, 1950, no. 1, pp. 7-9
p. 8
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
cat. no. 136
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 1935-1936
British Art Exhibition: commemorative catalogue, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1934
cat. no. 1135
no. 668
Illus. pl. CLV
Wilenski, Reginald Howard, English Painting, London: Faber & Faber, 1933.
Illus. pl. 84
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-1925
cat. no. 198
no. 198
David H Solkin, Füssli, Mode, Fetisch, Fantasie, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 2023
cat. no. 36
p. 129, p. 165
Solkin, Gottardo, Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, and Fetishism, The Courtauld Gallery, Kunsthaus Zurich, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2023.
cat. no. 36
pp. 129, 164
Illus. 103 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right corner, fragment: upper portion of a Strasburg lily (tracing in file).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of original sheet, graphite: "58"; lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "John Brown / Romae". Verso: upper right, graphite (cut off): "34".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of original sheet, graphite: "58"; lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "John Brown / Romae". Verso: upper right, graphite (cut off): "34".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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