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Two Hungarian soldiers on horseback

Maker

(artist)
1576-1639

Title

Date of Production

1500 - 1699

Medium

black, red and yellow chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1252

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

Karl Eduart von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (1808-1891), L.1687; by descent to his grandson, Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof (1864-1940), L.1758; his sale, C.G. Boerner, (Leipzig, 26 April 1898 and following days), lot 860 (for 15 RM); Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (b. 1853), L.897; P. Hofer; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 27 May 1930; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 16 September 1935 (£40 and in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968

A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Roelandt Savery 1576-1639, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ghent, 10/04/1954-13/06/1954

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less

Literature

Spicer-Durham, Joaneath, The drawings of Roelandt Savery, PhD thesis, Yale University 1979
no. C 239 F 230 on p. 680

Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
p. 153n13

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 38 ...More

Paszkiewicz, Mieczyslaw, Muzeum Polskie: Zeszyt III, London 1972
pp. 140-42
Illus. repr.

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 35

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: right centre edge, brown ink: “No6”; lower right corner, graphite, cut off: “Savery / 17th Cent- Dutch / […] £100 5”. Backing paper (removed, likely used for restoration): lower left, graphite: "23" [circled]

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Eugène Rodrigues (L.897). Verso: right centre edge, stamped in purple ink: Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Karl Eduard von Liphart (L.1687).

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