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Skeleton preaching

Maker

(artist)
1589-1662

Title

Skeleton preaching

Date of Production

1654

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and yellow-brown wash, white bodycolour, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 13.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1251

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

Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (1770-1862), L.1391; by descent to his daughter, Mrs Sophie Hasse, Göttingen; by descent to Karl Ewald Hasse (1810-1902); by descent to Professor E. Ehlers; his wife's sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 9 -10 May 1930, lot 521; purchased there by Heise, Harison & Co. on behalf of Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£12 and in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), Handzeichnung des XVI. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts, 9-10 May 1930
no. 521
Illus. pl. XLIII

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right centre edge on wall, brown ink, dated: "1654."; lower left corner, brown ink, signed with the artist's initials: "A. V. V." Verso: lower left edge, red chalk: "V. Vander Vinne."; lower centre, graphite: "OEZ/Okanz No. 224. / geb. 1629 + 1702. //"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A5949".

Collector's mark: Recto: blindstamped twice, at lower centre edge and lower right corner: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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