Mast of a sailing vessel
Maker
(artist)
1633-1707
1633-1707
Title
Mast of a sailing vessel
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1296
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
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, one of lots 99, 100, 103, 105, 108, 110 or 112; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (13 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952 See Witt card for D.1952.RW.1235.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, left of centre: "IFD" (not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, faded and now mostly illegible (even under UV): "f[...]nyk".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, faded and now mostly illegible (even under UV): "f[...]nyk".
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