Gardens at Arcueil
Maker
(artist)
1686-1755
1686-1755
Title
Gardens at Arcueil
Date of Production
1745
Medium
black chalk with stumping, white chalk partially applied as bodycolour, graphite on blue (now brown) laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 52.3 cm
Width: 52.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1957.WF.4656
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1957
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Jean Masson, Amiens and Paris (1856-1933), L.1494a; his sale, G. Petit (Paris), 7 - 8 May 1923, lot 174; purchased there by A. Morhange (2600 francs); his sale, Christie's (London), 23 November 1956, lot 7; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 17 May 1957 (£320)
Exhibition History
A l'ombre des frondaisons d'Arcueil, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 24/05/2016-20/06/2016
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 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 30/05/1957-29/06/1957
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
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 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 30/05/1957-29/06/1957
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950 ...Less
Literature
Desguine, André, L'oeuvre de de J.B. Oudry sur le parc et les jardin d'Arcueil, Paris 1950
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 49
Baer, Curtis O., Landscape drawings, New York 1973
no. 242 on pp. 242-43
ill. on p. 243 ...More
Opperman, Hal N., Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977
no. D1061
fig. 319
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
pp. 232-35
fig. 129/138d
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 69
ill. on p. 82
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
p. 194
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 40, p. 90
ill. on p. 91 (b&w) and np (colour)
A l'ombre des frondaisons d'Arcueil, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2016
cat. no. 45
ill. on p. 117
Adam, Edina and Michelle Sullivan, Drawing on Blue: European Drawings on Blue Paper 1400-1700s, exh. cat., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2024
p. 55
fig. 4.7 ...Less
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 49
Baer, Curtis O., Landscape drawings, New York 1973
no. 242 on pp. 242-43
ill. on p. 243 ...More
Opperman, Hal N., Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977
no. D1061
fig. 319
J.-B. Oudry, 1686-1755, Grand Palais, Paris; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1982-1983
pp. 232-35
fig. 129/138d
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 69
ill. on p. 82
Borne, François, 'Excellence in obscurity: French drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art' in 'Apollo', September 1991 - pp. 192-94; CXXXIV, 355
p. 194
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 40, p. 90
ill. on p. 91 (b&w) and np (colour)
A l'ombre des frondaisons d'Arcueil, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2016
cat. no. 45
ill. on p. 117
Adam, Edina and Michelle Sullivan, Drawing on Blue: European Drawings on Blue Paper 1400-1700s, exh. cat., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2024
p. 55
fig. 4.7 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing due to the thick backing sheet. Backing sheet (visible only in raking light): left centre: “HONIG”; Countermark: right centre edge: Strasburg lily.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters monogram: “JB Oudry 1745”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite: “400Z”; lower right, graphite: “Promenade dans un Parc par JB: Oudry Peintre du Roy Louis XV / Ecole Francaise //”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 21870”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jean Masson (L.1494a).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters monogram: “JB Oudry 1745”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite: “400Z”; lower right, graphite: “Promenade dans un Parc par JB: Oudry Peintre du Roy Louis XV / Ecole Francaise //”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 21870”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jean Masson (L.1494a).
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