Boar hunt with Venus and Adonis embracing in the background
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1510-1563
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1546
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1510-1563
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1546
Title
Boar hunt with Venus and Adonis embracing in the background
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an oval
Dimensions
Height: 31.3 cm
Width: 47 cm
Width: 47 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1624
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
William A. Baillie-Grohman, London and Tyrol (1851-1921), L.370; his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 14 May 1923, lot 146 (as Giulio Romano); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Zeichnungen Aus Der Toskana, Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken, 28/09/1997-24/11/1997
Literature
Zeichnungen aus der Toskana: das Zeitalter Michelangelos, Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken, 1997
no. 90
Illus. repr.
as by Salviati
no. 90
Illus. repr.
as by Salviati
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre, circle containing a three-pronged tree or flower, above is a cross with a circle at its centre (difficult to discern but looks similer to Briquet 6683 - Rome 1545-50 and Fabriano 1570).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, underlined: "A"; lower left, graphite, partly erased, the number circled: "3562 T H/SL / [...]22135 / g[...] / 1624"; lower centre, graphite: "£25"; lower centre edge, graphite: "Giulio Romano. Fort-beau dessein / Vatican papier - gold tinte."; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: "1624 / Ex Salviati / after Perino?"; lower right, graphite: "Sl".
Collector's mark: Verso: left centre, stamped in black: William A. Baillie-Grohman (L.370); lower right edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, underlined: "A"; lower left, graphite, partly erased, the number circled: "3562 T H/SL / [...]22135 / g[...] / 1624"; lower centre, graphite: "£25"; lower centre edge, graphite: "Giulio Romano. Fort-beau dessein / Vatican papier - gold tinte."; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: "1624 / Ex Salviati / after Perino?"; lower right, graphite: "Sl".
Collector's mark: Verso: left centre, stamped in black: William A. Baillie-Grohman (L.370); lower right edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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