Shepherds resting
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1667-1749
(artist)
1667-1749
Title
Shepherds resting
Date of Production
1667 - 1749
Medium
black chalk, point of brush and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised and grey in many places) on coarse buff paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 31.4 cm
Width: 43 cm
Width: 43 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1675
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
F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1941 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Eighteenth-century Venice, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 03/01/1951-18/04/1951
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Inscriptions
Inscription: 26.
Inscription: 53.10
Inscription: Alessandro Magnasco. / (1667-1749)
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet: centre: large cartouche containing text: "PESCIA / AI / MASSO" (same watermark on mount for D.1952.RW.1964. No match found anywhere, although a coat of arms with "A.I. Masso' found on 16th-century engravings by Palladio - https://www.karlundfaber.de/en/auctions/306/prints/3060217/).
Inscription: 53.10
Inscription: Alessandro Magnasco. / (1667-1749)
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet: centre: large cartouche containing text: "PESCIA / AI / MASSO" (same watermark on mount for D.1952.RW.1964. No match found anywhere, although a coat of arms with "A.I. Masso' found on 16th-century engravings by Palladio - https://www.karlundfaber.de/en/auctions/306/prints/3060217/).
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