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Witches' sabbath

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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).

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