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Finding of Moses - in an ornamental frame

Maker

(artist)
1624-1679

Title

Finding of Moses - in an ornamental frame

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 15.7 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1114

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (as by Loir); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

30 peintres du XVIIe siècle français: tableaux d'inspiration religieuse des musées de province, Musée national message biblique Marc Chagall, Nice; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, 1976
p. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: bunch of grapes above two posts or pillars (unable to see more clearly due to backing sheet).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?, cut off: “Loir”.

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

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