Bacchanalian orgy set by a sacrificial altar (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1597-1655
1597-1655
Title
Bacchanalian orgy set by a sacrificial altar (recto)
Date of Production
1645 - 1685
Medium
pen and dark brown ink, grey wash (recto), black and white chalk with stumping (verso), on green-prepared laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 35.3 cm
Width: 35.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1709
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), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: "Cor. Schut".
Collector's mark: Verso: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: "Cor. Schut".
Collector's mark: Verso: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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