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Allegory of Temperance pouring water into a wine cup

Maker

(artist)
1546-1611

After
(artist)
1558-1617

Title

Allegory of Temperance pouring water into a wine cup

Date of Production

after 1588

Medium

graphite and grey wash on laid paper, on a historic card support

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1945.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

Joan Evans, bequest, 1944

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Dr Bailey, Hereford; Dame Joan Evans, Wotton-under-Edge (1893-1977); Gift of Dame Evans, 10 September 1945

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, left centre edge: fragment, only visible in raking light, unable to decipher.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, acc. no.: "1.45. / Born 1546, died 1627 / 1.45."; lower centre, brown ink: "BARTHMY SPRANGER." [the 'my' superscript]. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: "6 / Spranger / Dr Bailey's Coll / Hereford / CB".

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