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Allegory of Night with Sleep and Death in her arms

Maker

Placido Costanzi (artist)
1702-1759

Title

Allegory of Night with Sleep and Death in her arms

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk on laid paper laid down on a red wash mount (Charles Rogers'?)

Dimensions

Height: 36.1 cm
Width: 25.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1532

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

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Provenance

Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; his sale, T. Philipe (London), 15 - 24 April 1799, lot 227; James Tregaskis (London, dealing 1896-1936); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing due to the mount. Mount (historic), Recto: right centre: Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, graphite, erased, Witt’s hand: “Roger Colln / 179”; lower left, graphite, erroneous Witt number erased: “1531”; lower centre, red ink: “Placido Costanzi.”; lower right, graphite: “G.” [or “6.”]; lower right corner, graphite, Witt’s hand, crossed out: “Cf red chalk drawing in / Bowdoin Coll. U.S.A.” and below that “Coll C Rogers 1532”; another graphite inscription beside it erased, looks like “plan”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “349”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, written in brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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