Seated lion
Maker
(artist)
1729-1804
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1712-1793
1729-1804
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1712-1793
Title
Seated lion
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey and black wash, white bodycolour on laid paper prepared with a pink wash
Watemark: none.
Watemark: none.
Dimensions
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.133
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Vicomte Philogène de Montfort, Paris (1806-1883), L.1035; possibly Ary Johannes Lamme, Rotterdam (1812-1900), L.138 [location and dimensions of the collector's mark differ from those given by Lugt]; Stephen Higgins (Paris); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 April 1957; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 3 May 1957 (£300); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 133
pl. XCIII
as by Guardi, before 1760
Morassi, Antonio, Guardi: tutti i disegni di Antonio, Francesco e Giacomo Guardi, Venice 1975
no. 445
fig. 447
as by Guardi
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 35 ...More
Byam Shaw, James and George Knox, The Robert Lehman Collection. Italian Eighteenth-century drawings, Princeton 1987; 6
pp. 79-80 under no. 64
as by Novelli ...Less
no. 133
pl. XCIII
as by Guardi, before 1760
Morassi, Antonio, Guardi: tutti i disegni di Antonio, Francesco e Giacomo Guardi, Venice 1975
no. 445
fig. 447
as by Guardi
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 35 ...More
Byam Shaw, James and George Knox, The Robert Lehman Collection. Italian Eighteenth-century drawings, Princeton 1987; 6
pp. 79-80 under no. 64
as by Novelli ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "Borou C1" [same word on PG.133.1]; lower centre, graphite: "197"; lower centre edge, graphite, rest of word abraded away: "B[..]".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: possibly Ary Johannes Lamme (L.138) [Lugt says it is usually stamped on the verso, and is 10 x 10 mm, while this is 12 x 12 mm]. Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Vicomte Philogène de Montfort (L.1035).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: possibly Ary Johannes Lamme (L.138) [Lugt says it is usually stamped on the verso, and is 10 x 10 mm, while this is 12 x 12 mm]. Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Vicomte Philogène de Montfort (L.1035).
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