The murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra
Maker
After
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
(artist)
1606-1669
After
(artist)
1504-1570
Title
The murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra
Medium
Pen and and point of brush and brown ink over graphite, with brown ink framing lines, on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support, also laid paper, likely a former album page
Dimensions
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1948.XX.21.10.2
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, gift, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres (1847-1913) [his bookplate on inside cover]; by descent to David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres (1900-1975); by whom presented to The Courtauld, 13 August 1948
Literature
Béguin, Sylvie, Jean Guillaume and Alan Roy, La galerie d’Ulysse à Fontainebleau, Paris, 1985
p. 217, under no. 8
p. 217, under no. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: right centre: bunch of grapes (stack with five grapes at widest, stem is a horse-shoe shape arched exactly over the grapes but at a removed distance from their top, and with a v-shaped extension from the top as well; sits between and touching chain lines 20.48 mm wide, is 45.38 mm high).
Historic support, verso, right centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis (narrow shield, with straight edges).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: 8 TVT.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: 8 TVT.
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