Three Roman ladies, seen from the back (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1752-1787
1752-1787
Title
Three Roman ladies, seen from the back (recto)
Date of Production
1775 - 1780
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash (recto and verso) on laid paper, the right edge (on recto side) made up
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.644
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
William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836); his sale, T. Philipe (London), 6-23 June 1814, 15th day, lot 1616; probably purchased there via Watson by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 17 November 1830, lot 104 (as by John Brown, with the title 'Three Roman Ladies walking, seen in a back view, reverse, a Man seeing his Confessor'); purchased there by Charles Rogers (£1); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4, along with D.1952.RW.643); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Painting in Scotland: the Golden Age, London & England, 15/10/1986-04/01/1987
Painting in Scotland: the Golden Age, Edinburgh & Scotland, 08/08/1986-31/08/1986
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972 ...More
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Philadelphia & USA, 01/03/1968-01/04/1968
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Detroit & USA, 01/01/1968-01/02/1968
Scots in Italy in the 18th Century, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1966
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
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
Painting in Scotland: the Golden Age, Edinburgh & Scotland, 08/08/1986-31/08/1986
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972 ...More
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Philadelphia & USA, 01/03/1968-01/04/1968
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Detroit & USA, 01/01/1968-01/02/1968
Scots in Italy in the 18th Century, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1966
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
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
Pressly, Nancy L., The Fuseli Circle in Rome: Early Romantic Art of the 1770s, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979
p. 59
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Philadelphia, 1968
cat. no. 79
Illus. repr.
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 105 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 43
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 1959
no. 625
Frederick Antal, Fuseli Studies, London: Routledge & Paul, 1956.
p. 127 n. 5
Illus. pl. 51
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
Powell, Nicholas, The Drawings of Henry Fuseli, London, 1951
pl. 63
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
cat. no. 137
Wilenski, Reginald Howard, English Painting, London: Faber & Faber, 1933.
Illus. pl. 86a
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-1925
cat. no. 201
no. 201
as 'The Three Graces'
Bemrose, William, Wright of Derby, London, 1885.
p. 32 ...Less
p. 59
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860, Philadelphia, 1968
cat. no. 79
Illus. repr.
Il Settecento a Roma, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome, 1959
cat. no. 105 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 43
The Romantic Movement, Tate Gallery, London and Arts Council Gallery, London, 1959
no. 625
Frederick Antal, Fuseli Studies, London: Routledge & Paul, 1956.
p. 127 n. 5
Illus. pl. 51
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
Powell, Nicholas, The Drawings of Henry Fuseli, London, 1951
pl. 63
Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
cat. no. 137
Wilenski, Reginald Howard, English Painting, London: Faber & Faber, 1933.
Illus. pl. 86a
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-1925
cat. no. 201
no. 201
as 'The Three Graces'
Bemrose, William, Wright of Derby, London, 1885.
p. 32 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of original sheet, graphite: "55"; lower left corner, graphite: "34". Verso: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. Brown invt.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of original sheet, graphite: "55"; lower left corner, graphite: "34". Verso: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. Brown invt.".
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