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Hunting scene, an animal attacked by three hounds

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1628-1698

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1579-1657

Title

Hunting scene, an animal attacked by three hounds

Date of Production

1595 - 1657

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1267

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

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Provenance

Sotheby's (London), 9 May 1934, lot 53; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£5 and in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 45

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: "Franz Snyders"; lower right corner under L.2228b, graphite, Colnaghi number, cut off: "A 6[...]" [should be 6949].

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