Frontispiece to Virgil's 'Aeneid'
Maker
(artist)
1644-1696
1644-1696
Title
Frontispiece to Virgil's 'Aeneid'
Medium
graphite, red chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised), on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, laid down (the verso, prepared with black chalk, only just visible with transmitted light)
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1096
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
James Rimell & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.55, along with D.1952.RW.1095 and 1096); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, centre on pedestal, grey ink: “PVBL[…] / VIRGILIVS / MARO. //”; lower left corner, grey ink, signed by the artist but obscured by instrument drawn over it: “Z. Webber del.”; lower right corner, grey ink, signed by the artist: “Z Webber f.”. Verso: upper centre edge, on separate piece of paper, graphite: “3”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, centre on pedestal, grey ink: “PVBL[…] / VIRGILIVS / MARO. //”; lower left corner, grey ink, signed by the artist but obscured by instrument drawn over it: “Z. Webber del.”; lower right corner, grey ink, signed by the artist: “Z Webber f.”. Verso: upper centre edge, on separate piece of paper, graphite: “3”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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