Skeleton preaching
Maker
(artist)
1589-1662
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
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
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).
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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