A Chained Bear
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1557-1602
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1589-1631
(artist)
1557-1602
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1589-1631
Title
A Chained Bear
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink and graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1159
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
Jan Pietersz. Zomer, Amsterdam (1641-1724), L.1511; perhaps Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam (1688-1750); his sale, de Leth (Amsterdam), 21 October 1754, p. 17 no. 70 (as by Titian); Henry Gay Hewlett, Kent (1832-1897); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 - 29 November 1922, lot 12 (with D.1952.RW.1160, as by Bolognese School); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
Drawings by the Carracci from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxfor & England, 10/12/1996-31/03/1997
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Drawings by the Carracci from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxfor & England, 10/12/1996-31/03/1997
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Drawings by the Carracci from British Collections, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1996-1997
no. 39
Fig. p. 83
Chastel, Andre and Philippe Morel, La Villa Medicis, Rome, 1998-1991
vol. II, p. 369
Illus. vol. II, fig. 11
Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family: a catalogue raisonne, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979
pp. 402-03
Fig. R 35 b
no. 39
Fig. p. 83
Chastel, Andre and Philippe Morel, La Villa Medicis, Rome, 1998-1991
vol. II, p. 369
Illus. vol. II, fig. 11
Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family: a catalogue raisonne, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979
pp. 402-03
Fig. R 35 b
Inscriptions
Inscription: Titian
Inscription: Al illustrissimo / Lond[...] //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jan Pietersz. Zomer (L.1511)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Al illustrissimo / Lond[...] //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jan Pietersz. Zomer (L.1511)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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