Allegory of Spring
Maker
After
Abraham Janssens (artist)
1575-1632
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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