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Caricature of two mendicant friars

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1612-1666

Title

Caricature of two mendicant friars

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and dark brown ink, brown wash over traces of black chalk on laid paper, laid down, pasted on an historical marginal support

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 19.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1959.WF.4689

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1959

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Pierre Crozat, Paris (1665-1740), L.3612 (at lower right); his estate sale, Mariette (Paris), 10 April - 13 May 1741, lot 278 (as 1 of 20 by Mola); purchased there by Gabriel Huquier, Paris (1695-1772) (10.14 francs for the lot); anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 17 March 1959, lot 64 (with D.1959.WF.4687, 4688 and 4690); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of The Courtauld via the Witt Fund

Exhibition History

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966

Literature

Py, Bernadette, Les dessins italiens de Pierre Crozat (1665-1740). L'oeil de Mariette, http://mini-site.louvre.fr/trimestriel/2015/Catalogue_Crozat
p. 179

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 27

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: Crozat number (L.3612): 68.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, written in brown: Pierre Crozat (L.3612).

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: right lower edge, graphite: 7.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right edge, graphite: MOLA.

Watermark: Recto: left of centre: a 6-pointed star above a small bird in profile, appears to be standing on a bough (nothing similar found in Briquet, Piccard, Laurentius/Laurentius or Heawood).

Inscription: 4

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