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Classical ruins with figures

Maker

Cornelis Buys (artist)
1746-1826

Title

Classical ruins with figures

Date of Production

1775

Medium

red chalk, graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 23.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1066

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


Corinthian order


Provenance

William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower left corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617) followed by inscription transcribed above; lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Corn= Búÿs F 1775". Verso: centre, graphite: "210"; lower left edge, brown ink, William Esdaile's hand: "WE P22N111"; lower centre, graphite, unclear: "5 oag 13 d / br- 9 1/2 //"; lower right, graphite: "9901".

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