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Aeneas saving Anchises from the burning of Troy - illustration to Virgil's 'Aeneid'

Maker

(artist)
1644-1696

Title

Aeneas saving Anchises from the burning of Troy - illustration to Virgil's 'Aeneid'

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, the verso prepared with black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 15.8 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1095

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

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Provenance

James Rimell & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.55, along with D.1952.RW.1094 and 1096); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: left centre edge: fragment of a scroll.

Inscription: Recto: lower left on stone, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Z. Webber F:”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, on remnant of a former backing sheet, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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