Four drawings and five prints of figures and cattle
Maker
(engraver)
1722-1776
Attributed to
(artist)
1733-1808
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770
1722-1776
Attributed to
(artist)
1733-1808
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770
Title
Four drawings and five prints of figures and cattle
Date of Production
circa 1765 - 1770
Medium
from upper left corner to lower right corner: black crayon manner engraving counterproof; red crayon manner engraving, with pen and brown ink added by Hubert Robert; red crayon manner engraving; purplish-red crayon manner engraving; red crayon manner engraving; the following four drawings all in red-brown chalk; all mounted together and laid down on Hubert Robert’s mount (?)
Dimensions
Height: 42.4 cm
Width: 35.7 cm
Width: 35.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1961.WF.4706
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase & grant aid with assistance of the Art Fund, 1961
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Hubert Robert, Paris (1733-1808); his estate sale, Paillet (Paris), 5 April 1809; Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (1854-1936), L.1768a; his estate sale, Charpentier (Paris), 28 May 1937, lot 32B; Henri Baderou (1910-1991); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 13 April 1961; purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund with the assistance of the Art Fund, 6 July 1961 (£450)
Exhibition History
The Second Hand Re-worked: Art Then and Now, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-19/07/2015
Boucher - Landscapes, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England, 22/01/2005-27/03/2005
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004 ...More
Saving Art for the Nation - The Art Fund at the Wallace
Collection 1919-1975, Manchester House & London & England, 06/11/2003-04/01/2004
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
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 27/06/1961-28/07/1961 ...Less
Boucher - Landscapes, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England, 22/01/2005-27/03/2005
Boucher - Landscapes, Wallace Collection, London, 30/09/2004-19/12/2004 ...More
Saving Art for the Nation - The Art Fund at the Wallace
Collection 1919-1975, Manchester House & London & England, 06/11/2003-04/01/2004
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
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 27/06/1961-28/07/1961 ...Less
Literature
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1961
cat. no. 27
no. 27
pl. XI
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 47
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 88 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
No. 62, p. 66
ill. on p. 78 ...Less
cat. no. 27
no. 27
pl. XI
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 47
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 88 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
No. 62, p. 66
ill. on p. 78 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to the mount.
Inscription: Recto: engraving in upper left corner, lower right corner, cut off at edge, in reverse because a counterproof: “[…]er in. del.”; engraving top row, middle: lower right corner, graphite: “Ninette (Mme Favart). Mount (Robert’s), Recto: lower left corner, blue crayon, cut off: “25.”; lower left edge, graphite, cut off so that only legible letter is a “B”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D25329”; lower right edge, grey ink over graphite: “Collection Hubert Robert.”. Mount (Robert’s), Verso: upper centre, a reproduction printed in red of one of the engravings on the recto, labelled in printed red ink “DEMARTEAU / Ninette / No 43” and added beside it in graphite “(Mme Favart)”; upper right, graphite, circled: “3”; centre graphite, circled: “651” and directly adjacent also circled “9”; lower left, graphite: “Ces dessins proviennent de la collection Hubert Robert, vendue en 1809”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner drawing at lower left corner, stamped in red ink: Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a).
Inscription: Recto: engraving in upper left corner, lower right corner, cut off at edge, in reverse because a counterproof: “[…]er in. del.”; engraving top row, middle: lower right corner, graphite: “Ninette (Mme Favart). Mount (Robert’s), Recto: lower left corner, blue crayon, cut off: “25.”; lower left edge, graphite, cut off so that only legible letter is a “B”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D25329”; lower right edge, grey ink over graphite: “Collection Hubert Robert.”. Mount (Robert’s), Verso: upper centre, a reproduction printed in red of one of the engravings on the recto, labelled in printed red ink “DEMARTEAU / Ninette / No 43” and added beside it in graphite “(Mme Favart)”; upper right, graphite, circled: “3”; centre graphite, circled: “651” and directly adjacent also circled “9”; lower left, graphite: “Ces dessins proviennent de la collection Hubert Robert, vendue en 1809”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner drawing at lower left corner, stamped in red ink: Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a).
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