Woman reading by candlelight (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1735-1811
1735-1811
Title
Woman reading by candlelight (recto)
Date of Production
1750 - 1811
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and brown inks, grey wash and pink watercolour, framed with grey ink in an oval (recto), graphite (verso), on wove paper, the sheet cut into an octagon
Dimensions
Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1103
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
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 23/07/1968-01/02/1969
Literature
Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1968 / 1969
cat. no. 192
no. 192
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
cat. no. 192
no. 192
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: an arch, perhaps the letter "C".
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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