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Satyr pouring wine
Maker
(artist)
1684-1721
1684-1721
Title
Satyr pouring wine
Date of Production
(circa) 1717
Medium
black, red and white chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partially trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.221
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
Watteau rarely made drawings as studies for specific paintings, but this vigorous study of a satyr with two wineskins is an exception. It relates directly to a series of paintings of the Four Seasons, now lost but recorded in prints, commissioned for the dining room of his patron Pierre Crozat. The paintings were intended to be viewed from below, which dictated the curve of the satyr’s body and his intense downward gaze. The drawing is executed in Watteau’s signature trois crayons technique. This combination of red, black and white chalks relates closely to works by Rubens.
Notes
A study for 'Autumn', a now-lost oval painting, one of a series of the Four Seasons commissioned by Pierre Crozat for the dining room of his house. The date has been much debated but c. 1717 was proposed by Hattori 2001 and accepted by Rosenberg and Prat 2011.
Provenance
From Rosenberg and Prat 1996: mounted by François Renaud (active late 18th - early 19th centuries), L. 1042 (lower right); Jean-Antoine Vassal de Saint-Hubert (1741-1782); his sale, Paris, 23 March-17 April 1779, possibly part of lot 94; possibly Jules-Robert Auguste, Paris (1789-1850) (as Goncourt 1875, p. 366 said Baron Schwiter acquired a number of drawings at Auguste's May 1850 sale, which is confirmed by the annotated catalogue at the V&A, but the catalogue does not go into enough detail to identify the drawings); possibly his sale, Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 28-31 May 1850, lots 100-103 (lots are not described); if so, purchased there by Baron Louis-Auguste de Schwiter (1805-1889), L. 1768 (lower left), by 1875; his sale, Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 20-21 April 1883, lot 165; purchased there by Henri Michel-Lévy, Paris (1845-1914) (annotated catalogue from RKDH on Brill); his sale, Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 12-13 May 1919, lot 116, repr. (35,000 francs); purchased there by Adrien Fauchier- Magnan (1873-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 December 1935, lot 66, repr.; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (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
About Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/02/2000-30/05/2000
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...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
About Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/02/2000-30/05/2000
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...Less
Literature
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, Frick Collection, New York and Courtauld Gallery, London London 2012-2013
cat. no. 32
ill. on p. 159
dated 1717
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
cat. no. 41
ill.
titled 'Satyr holding a bottle in each hand', dated c. 1717 after Hattori 2001, an amendment from their 1996 cat. date
Conisbee, Philip, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century. The collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Washington, D.C. 2009
p. 471n14 ...More
Hattori, Cordélia, 'De Charles de LaFosse à Antoine Watteau: les Saisons Crozat' in 'Revue du Louvre', 2001 - pp. 56-65; 51, 2
p. 64n13, 65n40
suggested c. 1717 date for the series, which was accepted by Rosenberg and Prat 2011
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 2001
p. 312
need TK 2011 RA exh. cat. bibliography for full title
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
Christie's, London, Old master drawings, 6 July 1999
p. 170 under lot 169
Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996
vol. 2, no. 374 on p. 616
ill. on p. 617
dated c. 1715-16
Grasselli, Margaret, 1994
pp. 9, 12-13n9
need TK Rosenberg and Prat 1996 bibliography for full title of this publication
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 78
pp. 164, 196
ill. on p. 165
titled 'A Satyr pouring wine', dated c. 1715-16
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 166
ill. on p. 167
titled 'A Faun', dated c. 1712-15
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, The drawings of Antoine Watteau: stylistic development and problems of chronology, Ann Arbor 1987
pp. 252-53, 261, no. 181
fig. 301
Watteau, 1684-1721, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Château de Charlottenbourg, Berlin, 1984-1985
pp. 130 under no. D62, 132 under no. P64 and 328 under no. P35
D. 64-1 on p. 132
Posner, Donald, Antoine Watteau, Ithaca 1984
pp. 80, 283n44
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 76
p. 70
pl. V on p. 85
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 153
ill. on p. 110 (reversed)
Cormack, Malcolm, The drawings of Watteau, London 1970
p. 28, no. 43
pl. 43
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 221 and p. 76 under no. 220
pl. XLVI
titled 'A Faun', dated c. 1715
Parker, K.T. and Jacques Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris 1957
vol. I, no. 521 and on pp. x, 73 under nos. 511 and 512
ill.
Adhémar, Hélène, Watteau: sa vie - son oeuvre, Paris 1950
p. 213 under no. 100
Exhibition of French master drawings of the eighteenth century, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1950
p. 31 under no. 106
Parker, K.T., The drawings of Antoine Watteau, 1931
p. 22
Gillet, Louis, Watteau: un grand maître du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1921
p. 239
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5 - 8 June 1912, Collection Jacques Doucet. Part I. Catalogue des dessins et pastels du XVIIIe siècle
under no. 57
Dacier, E., Note in 'Société de reproduction des dessins de maîtres', 1911; vol. III
under pl. 31
Goncourt, Edmond, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris 1875
pp. 364-66 ...Less
cat. no. 32
ill. on p. 159
dated 1717
Antoine Watteau: the Drawings, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
cat. no. 41
ill.
titled 'Satyr holding a bottle in each hand', dated c. 1717 after Hattori 2001, an amendment from their 1996 cat. date
Conisbee, Philip, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century. The collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Washington, D.C. 2009
p. 471n14 ...More
Hattori, Cordélia, 'De Charles de LaFosse à Antoine Watteau: les Saisons Crozat' in 'Revue du Louvre', 2001 - pp. 56-65; 51, 2
p. 64n13, 65n40
suggested c. 1717 date for the series, which was accepted by Rosenberg and Prat 2011
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 2001
p. 312
need TK 2011 RA exh. cat. bibliography for full title
Material Evidence, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1998-1999
Christie's, London, Old master drawings, 6 July 1999
p. 170 under lot 169
Rosenberg, Pierre and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan 1996
vol. 2, no. 374 on p. 616
ill. on p. 617
dated c. 1715-16
Grasselli, Margaret, 1994
pp. 9, 12-13n9
need TK Rosenberg and Prat 1996 bibliography for full title of this publication
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 78
pp. 164, 196
ill. on p. 165
titled 'A Satyr pouring wine', dated c. 1715-16
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 166
ill. on p. 167
titled 'A Faun', dated c. 1712-15
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, The drawings of Antoine Watteau: stylistic development and problems of chronology, Ann Arbor 1987
pp. 252-53, 261, no. 181
fig. 301
Watteau, 1684-1721, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Château de Charlottenbourg, Berlin, 1984-1985
pp. 130 under no. D62, 132 under no. P64 and 328 under no. P35
D. 64-1 on p. 132
Posner, Donald, Antoine Watteau, Ithaca 1984
pp. 80, 283n44
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 76
p. 70
pl. V on p. 85
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 153
ill. on p. 110 (reversed)
Cormack, Malcolm, The drawings of Watteau, London 1970
p. 28, no. 43
pl. 43
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 221 and p. 76 under no. 220
pl. XLVI
titled 'A Faun', dated c. 1715
Parker, K.T. and Jacques Mathey, Antoine Watteau: catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris 1957
vol. I, no. 521 and on pp. x, 73 under nos. 511 and 512
ill.
Adhémar, Hélène, Watteau: sa vie - son oeuvre, Paris 1950
p. 213 under no. 100
Exhibition of French master drawings of the eighteenth century, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1950
p. 31 under no. 106
Parker, K.T., The drawings of Antoine Watteau, 1931
p. 22
Gillet, Louis, Watteau: un grand maître du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1921
p. 239
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5 - 8 June 1912, Collection Jacques Doucet. Part I. Catalogue des dessins et pastels du XVIIIe siècle
under no. 57
Dacier, E., Note in 'Société de reproduction des dessins de maîtres', 1911; vol. III
under pl. 31
Goncourt, Edmond, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris 1875
pp. 364-66 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: small banner containing “P?C”; Countermark: lower centre: unclear single line, forming perhaps letter “B”? Drawing in file suggests it could be a foot or hand (though the countermarks are very different, first part of the mark matches Heawood 2987 – Paris 1674).
Stamp: Recorded in 1981 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: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, partially stamped, in blue: Louis-Auguste de Schwiter (L.1768); lower right corner, blindstamped: François Renaud (L.1042).
Stamp: Recorded in 1981 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: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, partially stamped, in blue: Louis-Auguste de Schwiter (L.1768); lower right corner, blindstamped: François Renaud (L.1042).
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