Winged figure (Cupid?) (recto)
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1488-1560
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1553-1615
(artist)
1488-1560
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1553-1615
Title
Winged figure (Cupid?) (recto)
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1772
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
Dr Walter Gernsheim, London (1910-2006); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), December 1937; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, San Francisco, 1938
Literature
Sir Joshua Reynolds: the acquisition of genius, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 2009
p. 131, under no. 57
see attached PDF
p. 131, under no. 57
see attached PDF
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, upside down: "10.". Verso: upper left corner, graphite, circled: “No 7”; this was written over the start of a line of text in graphite that is now so faded it is illegible.
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