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Woman reading by candlelight (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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