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Three angels making music

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1638-1665

Title

Three angels making music

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, on a historic mount border

Dimensions

Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 19.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1058

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 462, L.3016a; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment of edge of a circle.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “Serani”. Mount border (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Serani”; lower right edge, brown ink: “2 Nr. Lr. 58”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, also partially on the mount, stamped in black ink: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364). Mount border (historic), Verso: lower left corner, red ink: lot number from Sir Joshua Reynolds’ sale (L.3016a), Lot 462.

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