Mounted cavalryman with drawn sabre
Maker
(artist)
1688-1752
1688-1752
Title
Mounted cavalryman with drawn sabre
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk on brown laid paper, with an added strip at the lower edge (the foot made up on it later, or is it original?)
Dimensions
Height: 41.6 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4644
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
sabers
Provenance
K.E. Maison (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 1955
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
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
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968 ...More
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
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
French Masters - Rococo to Romanticism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less
Literature
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 77
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 42
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 532
fig. 180 ...More
Schuman, Jack Crosby, Charles Parrocel 1688-1752, Phd Thesis, University of Washington 1979
no. D63 (?)
the entry apparently refers to the wrong figure
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
cat. no. 36
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 41, p. 92
ill. on p. 93 ...Less
cat. no. 77
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 42
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 532
fig. 180 ...More
Schuman, Jack Crosby, Charles Parrocel 1688-1752, Phd Thesis, University of Washington 1979
no. D63 (?)
the entry apparently refers to the wrong figure
French drawings of the 17th and 18th century, Fermoy Art Gallery, King's Lynn, 1985
cat. no. 36
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 41, p. 92
ill. on p. 93 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: “L” topped by a small crown (? Difficult to see clearly but could be a variant of Heawood 3012 – Paris 1683).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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