Polyphemus hurling a rock
Maker
(artist)
1760-1848
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1755-1834
1760-1848
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1755-1834
Title
Polyphemus hurling a rock
Date of Production
1760 - 1848
Medium
red chalk, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper with grey-brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 12.9 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1688
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
Walter T. Spencer (bookseller and dealer), London (1863-1936); from whom acquired by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (as Stothard, with D.1952.RW.1682-1687 and 1689-1690); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8
p. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: "T.Stothard.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: "T.Stothard.".
Collector's mark: none.
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