Birth of John the Baptist
Maker
(artist)
1648-1678
1648-1678
Title
Birth of John the Baptist
Date of Production
1675
Medium
red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines, lower left corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1795
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
A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "D: Bosboom fecit / 1675 1/30 //". Verso: upper left corner, "9" in brown ink, the rest in graphite, partially abraded: "93 / N3 [...] / 42 //"; lower left, graphite, erased and hard to read: "C C 19c [?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "D: Bosboom fecit / 1675 1/30 //". Verso: upper left corner, "9" in brown ink, the rest in graphite, partially abraded: "93 / N3 [...] / 42 //"; lower left, graphite, erased and hard to read: "C C 19c [?]".
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