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Study of an equestrian statuette

Maker

(artist)
1890-1967

After
(artist)
1598-1680

Title

Study of an equestrian statuette

Date of Production

(circa) 1937 - 1938

Medium

synthetic (?) black chalk and graphite (recto), red chalk offset (verso) on laid paper, with pinholes at lower corners

Dimensions

Height: 46.7 cm
Width: 58.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.284

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

purchased from the artist by Count Antoine Seilern, Vienna then London (1901-1978), 1939; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 284
pl. CXIX, top
dated c. 1937-38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso: right upper edge: “PMF”; right lower corner, cut off: “[…]GRES” (as in “INGRES”).

Collector's mark: none.

Stamp: Verso: lower left, only partially stamped, in blue: coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre beneath horse’s belly, graphite, signed with initials, underlined: “FB.”; lower right corner, graphite: “Nr. 22”. Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “III”.

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