Caricature of two mendicant friars
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1612-1666
(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
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
Keywords
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
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
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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