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Shepherds resting

Maker

Circle of
(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

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

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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

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/).

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