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An Emperor received into Olympus (?)

Maker

(artist)
1548-1592

Title

An Emperor received into Olympus (?)

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and grey ink, watercolour, white bodycolour (now oxidised and black) on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1695

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

Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, London and Strawberry Hill (1717-1797) [according to Witt card]; Johan Conrad Spengler, Copenhagen (1767-1839) [according to Witt card]; Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888), L.350; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (5 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned two-headed eagle (not found in Briquet or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist? Unclear: “Swarzens [?]”. Verso (backing sheet): right centre, graphite, erased: “W.M. / Spec /”; lower left, graphite: “Christopher Schwarts / B. 1550 D. 1594 //”; lower left edge, graphite, erased and difficult to read: “Spengler + Strawberry Hill Collection / S[...] //”; lower right corner, graphite: “Signed / Spengler & Strawberry Hill Coll //”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet: lower centre edge, pen and brown ink: Barry Delany (L.350); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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