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Carmelite friar, standing
Maker
(artist)
1684-1721
1684-1721
Title
Carmelite friar, standing
Date of Production
(circa) 1715
Medium
black and red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 33.6 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.220
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
Label Text
As his empty bag suggests, this young Carmelite monk is setting out to collect alms. Watteau, whose work combines a keen attention to character and gesture with subtle elegance and lightness of touch, captures both the details of the monk’s costume and his haughty expression. As was his usual practice, he first outlined the figure in red chalk before working up the contours in red and black, using both chalks as well as the neutral tone of the paper to suggest the heavy folds of the friar’s woollen habit.
Notes
Engraved in reverse by Boucher in his Figures de différents caractères, announced in 1726.
Provenance
Jean de Jullienne (1686-1766), his sale, Paris, 30 March-22 May 1767, lot 769 (25 livres, 2 sols, bought with 2 others); Brisart collection [according to James catalogue; Rosenberg and Prat wondered if this could be Bruzard, who had a sale 23-26 April 1869 including several Watteaus, though none corresponds to this drawing]; Andrew James (d. before 1857); by descent to his daughter, Sarah Ann James, London; her sale, Christie's (London), 22-23 June 1891, lot 304; purchased there by Martin Colnaghi (London) (27 guineas); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1507 (stamp removed from a former frame or mount and now mounted with the drawing); purchased from him by Colnaghi & Obach (London), October 1912 (according to Lugt, L.1507 was the mark appended by Colnaghi to the 600+ sheets acquired from Heseltine at this time); Adrien Fauchier-Magnan, Paris (1873-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 December 1935, lot 65 (repr.); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12/03/2011-05/06/2011 ...More
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
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 ...Less
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 12/03/2011-05/06/2011 ...More
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
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 ...Less
Literature
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 31
ill. on pp. 155, 157 (detail)
dated c. 1715
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
cat. no. 36
ill.
said the dates they had proposed in 1996 'failed to convince', others thought should be earlier
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 2001
p. 333n24 ...More
Roland Michel, Marianne, 1998
p. 752
Marianne Roland Michel, ‘The Rosenberg-Prat Catalogue of Watteau’s Drawings’ in 'The Burlington Magazine', November 1998 - pp. 759-94; 140, 1148
Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996
vol. II, no. 368
ill. on p. 605
dated c. 1715-16
Rosenberg, 1984-85
p. 321
need TK bibliography in Rosenberg-Prat 1996 exh. cat. to get full title
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 77
p. 70
ill. on p. 86
Jean-Richard, Pierrette, Inventaire général des gravures École française. [Vol.]1 L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild., Paris 1978
under no. 48
Eidelberg, Martin, Watteau's drawings: their use and significance, New York and London 1977
p. 163
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 220
Cormack, Malcolm, The drawings of Watteau, London 1970
p. 22, no. 18
pl. 18
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 747
Munhall, 1968
p. 94n13
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 220
pl. XLV
dated c. 1712-14
Parker, K.T. and Jacques Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris 1957
vol. I, no. 503 and p. 65
ill.
suggested this was a study for a painting similar to La Marmotte in the Hermitage
Adhémar, Hélène, Watteau: sa vie - son oeuvre, Paris 1950
p. 126
van Puyvelde, 1943
need TK Rosenberg and Prat 1996 bibliography to get full title
Parker, K.T., The drawings of Antoine Watteau, 1931
pp. 20, 42, no. 13
pl. 13
refuted Schéfer's claim that this represented Watteau's master
Réau, Louis, La Gravure d'illustration. (La Gravure en France au XVIIIe siècle), Paris and Brussels 1928
no. 40
Gillet, Louis, Watteau: un grand maître du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1921
pp. 85-86
Guiraud, L., Dessins de l'école francaise du dix-huitieme siècle provenant de la collection H[eseltine], Paris 1913
no. 85
ill.
Uzanne, Octave, London 1911
p. 440
need TK bibliography of Rosenberg and Prat 1996 for full title
Uzanne, Octave, Drawings of Watteau, London 1908
p. 20
Heseltine, John Postle, Drawings by Francois Boucher, Jean Honoré Fragonard, and Antoine Watteau in the collection of J.P.H., London 1900
p. 65, no. 20
ill.
Schéfer, G., 'Les portraits dans l'oeuvre de Watteau' in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', 1896; 3me période,XVI
p. 188
suggests this represents Watteau's master, Gillot, in the habit of a Carmelite friar
Mantz, P., Cent dessins de Watteau gravés par Boucher, Paris 1892
p. 105 under no. 382
Goncourt, Edmond, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris 1875
p. 246 under no. 384 ...Less
cat. no. 31
ill. on pp. 155, 157 (detail)
dated c. 1715
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
cat. no. 36
ill.
said the dates they had proposed in 1996 'failed to convince', others thought should be earlier
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 2001
p. 333n24 ...More
Roland Michel, Marianne, 1998
p. 752
Marianne Roland Michel, ‘The Rosenberg-Prat Catalogue of Watteau’s Drawings’ in 'The Burlington Magazine', November 1998 - pp. 759-94; 140, 1148
Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996
vol. II, no. 368
ill. on p. 605
dated c. 1715-16
Rosenberg, 1984-85
p. 321
need TK bibliography in Rosenberg-Prat 1996 exh. cat. to get full title
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 77
p. 70
ill. on p. 86
Jean-Richard, Pierrette, Inventaire général des gravures École française. [Vol.]1 L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild., Paris 1978
under no. 48
Eidelberg, Martin, Watteau's drawings: their use and significance, New York and London 1977
p. 163
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 220
Cormack, Malcolm, The drawings of Watteau, London 1970
p. 22, no. 18
pl. 18
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 747
Munhall, 1968
p. 94n13
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 220
pl. XLV
dated c. 1712-14
Parker, K.T. and Jacques Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris 1957
vol. I, no. 503 and p. 65
ill.
suggested this was a study for a painting similar to La Marmotte in the Hermitage
Adhémar, Hélène, Watteau: sa vie - son oeuvre, Paris 1950
p. 126
van Puyvelde, 1943
need TK Rosenberg and Prat 1996 bibliography to get full title
Parker, K.T., The drawings of Antoine Watteau, 1931
pp. 20, 42, no. 13
pl. 13
refuted Schéfer's claim that this represented Watteau's master
Réau, Louis, La Gravure d'illustration. (La Gravure en France au XVIIIe siècle), Paris and Brussels 1928
no. 40
Gillet, Louis, Watteau: un grand maître du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1921
pp. 85-86
Guiraud, L., Dessins de l'école francaise du dix-huitieme siècle provenant de la collection H[eseltine], Paris 1913
no. 85
ill.
Uzanne, Octave, London 1911
p. 440
need TK bibliography of Rosenberg and Prat 1996 for full title
Uzanne, Octave, Drawings of Watteau, London 1908
p. 20
Heseltine, John Postle, Drawings by Francois Boucher, Jean Honoré Fragonard, and Antoine Watteau in the collection of J.P.H., London 1900
p. 65, no. 20
ill.
Schéfer, G., 'Les portraits dans l'oeuvre de Watteau' in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', 1896; 3me période,XVI
p. 188
suggests this represents Watteau's master, Gillot, in the habit of a Carmelite friar
Mantz, P., Cent dessins de Watteau gravés par Boucher, Paris 1892
p. 105 under no. 382
Goncourt, Edmond, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris 1875
p. 246 under no. 384 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: banner containing “J ? D” (according to sketch mounted with the drawing, but is difficult to see, last letter could be an “E”; either way, no match found in Heawood).
Stamp: Recorded in 1982 condition report: Mount, Verso: 'Ausfuhr' stamp, if the same as on other drawings in the collection it is a blue export stamp reading 'Von der Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben".
Inscription: On scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount, cut down, and now mounted with the drawing, Recto: black ink, labelling L.1507: “J.P. Heseltine”; Verso: graphite: “419”. On separate scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount, cut down, and now mounted with the drawing, Recto: black ink drawing of the watermark, labelled below in black ink: “Wasserzeichen.”; Verso: graphite: “419”.
Collector's mark: On scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount and now mounted with the drawing: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507).
Stamp: Recorded in 1982 condition report: Mount, Verso: 'Ausfuhr' stamp, if the same as on other drawings in the collection it is a blue export stamp reading 'Von der Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben".
Inscription: On scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount, cut down, and now mounted with the drawing, Recto: black ink, labelling L.1507: “J.P. Heseltine”; Verso: graphite: “419”. On separate scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount, cut down, and now mounted with the drawing, Recto: black ink drawing of the watermark, labelled below in black ink: “Wasserzeichen.”; Verso: graphite: “419”.
Collector's mark: On scrap of paper removed from a former frame or mount and now mounted with the drawing: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507).
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