An Emperor received into Olympus (?)
Maker
(artist)
1548-1592
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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