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Sacrifice of Cain and Abel

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1680

Title

Sacrifice of Cain and Abel

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
pen and brown ink, grey wash, white and grey bodycolour on blue laid paper, with brown ink framing lines almost entirely trimmed away, laid down on a historic mount with ink, wash and gold borders

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 21.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1672

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

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 23 July 1923, lot 54 (as Grimaldi, with D.1952.RW.1671, 1673 and 1674); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.05 each); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “Cain & Abel sacrificing“; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1672“. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: “Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi / Italian 1606-1680 / 1672“.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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