Moses and the quails
Maker
(artist)
1610-1662
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675
1610-1662
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675
Title
Moses and the quails
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1714
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Romanelli”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “1”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, underlined, cut off: “N” [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Francesco Romanelli / Italian 1610-1662 / Signed / Moses + the Quails //”.
Label: Mount (historic), Verso, from Williams & Sutch: upper left corner, yellow label with text printed in black ink and added in pen and brown ink: “WPIS [monogram] / LONDON / ROMANETTI [sic] / No. 1546 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Romanelli”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “1”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, underlined, cut off: “N” [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Francesco Romanelli / Italian 1610-1662 / Signed / Moses + the Quails //”.
Label: Mount (historic), Verso, from Williams & Sutch: upper left corner, yellow label with text printed in black ink and added in pen and brown ink: “WPIS [monogram] / LONDON / ROMANETTI [sic] / No. 1546 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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