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Neptune

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1611-1690

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1563

Title

Neptune

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support

Dimensions

Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 22.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1708

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

Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Mount (removed): Recto: lower right, graphite: "Baldassare Franceschini (Il Volterrano) / Italian 1611-1689 / Saturn / For Villa Castello Florence." Mount support (removed) Verso: upper left, graphite: "2667/6"; centre, graphite: "Schiavone Andrea / Dalmacia 1522+1582"; Historic support: Recto: lower left, grey-brown ink: "Schiavon No. 7." Verso: lower centre, graphite: "1522"; lower right, stamped: [collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)]

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