Triumph of Neptune (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1649-1705
(artist)
1649-1705
Title
Triumph of Neptune (recto)
Date of Production
1697
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue-prepared laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partially trimmed away (recto), with border support added on the verso and sketches in black chalk, pen and brown ink and grey wash
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 42.4 cm
Width: 42.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1076
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.7); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Kunze, Matthias. Daniel Seiter (1647-1705) : Die Zeichnungen (Salzburg: Salzburger Barockmuseum, 1997)
pp.128-129
pp.128-129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to preparation of paper.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink, artist’s hand, unclear: “H / Eniode Theme[?] 1697”. Verso: upper right, red chalk: “929” upper right, brown ink: “7012”; centre, black chalk, underlined, unclear: “Rono / [...] // [?]”; left centre edge, brown ink, hidden under borders and now illegible; lower left, brown ink, crossed through in brown ink: “caracce”; lower left, black chalk: “Ulinelli”; lower right, brown ink: “Daniel Saiter / [paraphe] [...] col Paquale //”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “1076”; lower left, brown ink, last two words crossed out in brown ink and now illegible: “Disegno di[...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink, artist’s hand, unclear: “H / Eniode Theme[?] 1697”. Verso: upper right, red chalk: “929” upper right, brown ink: “7012”; centre, black chalk, underlined, unclear: “Rono / [...] // [?]”; left centre edge, brown ink, hidden under borders and now illegible; lower left, brown ink, crossed through in brown ink: “caracce”; lower left, black chalk: “Ulinelli”; lower right, brown ink: “Daniel Saiter / [paraphe] [...] col Paquale //”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “1076”; lower left, brown ink, last two words crossed out in brown ink and now illegible: “Disegno di[...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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