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Milo of Cortona - copy of the sculpture group

Maker

Johann Heinrich Tischbein I (artist)
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

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

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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.

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