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Cain slaying Abel

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1680

Title

Cain slaying Abel

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper, 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.1673

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, 1672 and 1674); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.05 each); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “Death of Abel.“; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1673“. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: “Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi / Italian 1606-1680 / 1673 / Death of Abel“.

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

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