Defense of a thesis at the Sorbonne by the Abbot of Ventadour
Maker
(artist)
1715-1790
1715-1790
Title
Defense of a thesis at the Sorbonne by the Abbot of Ventadour
Date of Production
1738
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on laid paper, squared in graphite and grey ink, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 35.3 cm
Width: 35.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4621
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1955
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Witt Fund Purchase 1955
Literature
Burns, Thea, 'The prestige of pastel: Robert Nanteuil's pastel portraits and thesis engravings' in 'Dear print fan: a festschrift for Marjorie B. Cohn', Cambridge, Massachusetts 2002 - pp. 43-47
p. 45
fig. 2 on p. 45
p. 45
fig. 2 on p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Mount (historic), Verso: right centre, circle containing bunch of grapes (variant of that seen as a countermark in Heawood 2395 – Paris 1778).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, left edge, graphite, artist's hand: "ecole dathenes"; left centre, graphite, artist's hand: "parnasse"; centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Lembrasemer [?] / de Troye //". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist?: "C.N. Cochin filius inven. et delin. 1738."; lower centre, graphite: "100. (100)"; lower right, graphite: "4589". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: "Joubert / Pag 19 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, left edge, graphite, artist's hand: "ecole dathenes"; left centre, graphite, artist's hand: "parnasse"; centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Lembrasemer [?] / de Troye //". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist?: "C.N. Cochin filius inven. et delin. 1738."; lower centre, graphite: "100. (100)"; lower right, graphite: "4589". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: "Joubert / Pag 19 //".
Collector's mark: none.
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