Caricature of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy, artist and art theorist (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Caricature of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy, artist and art theorist (recto)
Date of Production
1645 - 1650
Medium
black and white chalk (recto), red chalk (verso), on brown laid paper, the right edge cut along the recto figure’s outline and then made up
Dimensions
Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 36.3 cm
Width: 36.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4645
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1955 (March)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
theorists
Provenance
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, March 1955
Exhibition History
Caricature and its role in graphic satire, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 07/04/1971-09/05/1971
Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 01/06/1955-16/07/1955
Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 01/06/1955-16/07/1955
Literature
Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 1955
cat. no. 3
p. 4
Hofmann, Werner, Caricature from Leonardo to Picasso, New York 1957
pl. 11
Caricature and its role in graphic satire, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1971
cat. no. 68
ill.
cat. no. 3
p. 4
Hofmann, Werner, Caricature from Leonardo to Picasso, New York 1957
pl. 11
Caricature and its role in graphic satire, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1971
cat. no. 68
ill.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre edge black chalk, artist’s hand: “Le S[tilde above] / Dufresnoy / Explique les / accidens des / lumieres dun tableau / du titian a la / Servante de Mons[tilde above] / le Noir //”. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: upper right edge, brown ink: “21.Den.”; “2 Border to pattern O.K”; lower right corner, graphite: “l [?]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre edge black chalk, artist’s hand: “Le S[tilde above] / Dufresnoy / Explique les / accidens des / lumieres dun tableau / du titian a la / Servante de Mons[tilde above] / le Noir //”. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: upper right edge, brown ink: “21.Den.”; “2 Border to pattern O.K”; lower right corner, graphite: “l [?]”.
Collector's mark: none.
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