Angel playing a cello, seen from the rear
Maker
(artist)
1530-1574
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1694-1752
Formerly attributed to
Jean-Germain Drouais (artist)
1763-1788
1530-1574
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1694-1752
Formerly attributed to
Jean-Germain Drouais (artist)
1763-1788
Title
Angel playing a cello, seen from the rear
Medium
black and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue-grey laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 34.7 cm
Width: 22.4 cm
Width: 22.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1528
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left graphite: 878-1.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right centre, graphite: 21.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right centre, pen and brown ink: 66.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, pen and brown ink: Drouais (J).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, graphite: Drouais.
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and lower right: 1528 ex Coypel GAMBARA.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left graphite: 878-1.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right centre, graphite: 21.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right centre, pen and brown ink: 66.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, pen and brown ink: Drouais (J).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, graphite: Drouais.
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and lower right: 1528 ex Coypel GAMBARA.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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