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Moses and the quails

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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