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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

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

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

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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

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).

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