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Frontispiece to Virgil's 'Aeneid'

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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