Allegory of Temperance pouring water into a wine cup
Maker
(artist)
1546-1611
After
(artist)
1558-1617
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
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".
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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