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Joseph and Pharaoh's chariot

Maker

(artist)
1649-1712

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown and grey inks, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down, the sun at lower centre on the chariot added on a separate piece of paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 37.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1930

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

Christian David Ginsburg, Palmer's Green, England (1831-1914), L.1145 [not listed in his 20-23 July 1915 sale at Sotheby's though most lots contain many more drawings than those described]; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right: Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite, partially abraded: "51"; lower left corner, light brown ink: "N 2703." [not in Lugt].

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, stamped in black ink: Christian David Ginsburg (L.1145); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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