Milo of Cortona - copy of the sculpture group
Maker
Johann Heinrich Tischbein I (artist)
1722-1789
1722-1789
Title
Milo of Cortona - copy of the sculpture group
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping on brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 45.6 cm
Width: 45.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1821
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
William J. Knowles (1832-1927); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 April 1924 [see Witt cards for RW.1817 and 1818]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto: left centre edge: three lines of illegible text; Countermark: Recto: right centre: dagger-like fleur-de-lis above “1742[?]”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, underlined, cut off: “[...] Tischbein”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “D 271” and “#1”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, underlined, cut off: “[...] Tischbein”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “D 271” and “#1”.
Collector's mark: none.
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