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Angel appearing to the shepherds

Maker

(artist)
1607-1681

Title

Angel appearing to the shepherds

Date of Production

1658

Medium

traces of black chalk, grey and brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 33.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1648

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

Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (1875-1941), L.2602d; his sale, Sotheby’s (London), 4 July 1923, lot 73; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: large Strasburg lily above triangle above monogram “WR”.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, grey wash, signed and dated by the artist: “.C saft Leven 1658.”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “10”; lower right, brown ink: “i-ii-o”; lower left corner, graphite: “Hoofel / HA-O?-VXO //”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Saftleven”. Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper centre, graphite, large: “Cornelis Saft-Leven / 1606-1661 (Ec. Hollandaise) //”; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: “1648”.

Collector's mark: Recto: stamped twice, at lower right within drawing, and at lower right edge (cut off when removed from mount, which can still be seen mounted with the drawing): Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d). Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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