Witches' sabbath
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1746
(artist)
1656-1746
Title
Witches' sabbath
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, framed with brown ink lines
Dimensions
Height: 41.7 cm
Width: 45 cm
Width: 45 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1350
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
unidentified collector (stamp on verso, not on Lugt); E.W. Selby; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 1 May 1939; purchased there by Sir Robert WItt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 23 May 1939 (£6 and in part exchange, as 'Feast of Pluto' by Trevisani); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, cut off: "[...] A".
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing at right centre, in statue’s niche, brown ink: several lines attempting to replicate Greek letters; lower right corner, brown ink, signed?: “Tresvisano.”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “162”; lower right corner, brown ink: “No 13 Trevisano exellentissimo.”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not on Lugt, see photo in file); Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing at right centre, in statue’s niche, brown ink: several lines attempting to replicate Greek letters; lower right corner, brown ink, signed?: “Tresvisano.”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “162”; lower right corner, brown ink: “No 13 Trevisano exellentissimo.”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not on Lugt, see photo in file); Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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