Sketch of an angel with mother and child (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Sketch of an angel with mother and child (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and dark brown ink (recto), pen and a lighter brown ink (vers) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1918
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), as 'Sketch for Hagar?'; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40
p. 40
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: top of either a Vryheyt or Britannia (probably, though no clear matches found in Churchill or Heawood based on limited visibility of mark).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: a check mark.
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file: graphite: artist's name and dates, title (given as "Angel visiting Hagar").//From a sketch book of the artist//Witt coll. 1840s.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: a check mark.
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file: graphite: artist's name and dates, title (given as "Angel visiting Hagar").//From a sketch book of the artist//Witt coll. 1840s.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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