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Allegory of Spring

Maker

After
Abraham Janssens (artist)
1575-1632

Title

Allegory of Spring

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk on grey laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1775

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

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Provenance

Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (47 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127

N. Pevsner, "Some Notes on Abraham Janssens", in: The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, LIX (Sept. 1936) no. 402, pp. 120-129.
p. 129, n. 22

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned, double-headed eagle (matches Briquet 304 - Wurzburg 1552-85, variants Leipzig 1559 and Prague 1559-64).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Lange Jan named Brockhorst"; lower right corner, graphite: "5".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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