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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

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

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).

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