Hermit seated under a tree
Maker
(artist)
1696-1770
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
1696-1770
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
Title
Hermit seated under a tree
Date of Production
1740s
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 30.3 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.379
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
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 30 May 1961; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 6 July 1961 (£2,000); 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
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 27/06/1961-28/07/1961
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 27/06/1961-28/07/1961
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 379
pl. LXVI
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1961
cat. no. 2
no. 2
ill.
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. 9
no. 379
pl. LXVI
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1961
cat. no. 2
no. 2
ill.
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. 9
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre, very difficult to read: includes three Medici balls, but rest too unclear.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “no 73” [written over an earlier inscription “no 14”]. Verso: centre, graphite: “(No 15.)”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “no 73” [written over an earlier inscription “no 14”]. Verso: centre, graphite: “(No 15.)”.
Collector's mark: none.
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