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Study for 'Psyche and Venus' (recto)
Figure sketch (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Title

Study for 'Psyche and Venus' (recto)
Figure sketch (verso)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite (recto and verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 41.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1949

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

Herbert Horne (1864-1916); probably purchased from him by E. Parsons & Sons (London), n.d.; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 23/07/1968-01/02/1969

Literature

Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1968 / 1969
cat. no. 408
no. 408

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above "LVG" (see IMAF photos; no exact match in Churchill or Heawood but comparable marks dated 1st half of 18th century).

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, faded, underlined: "BHM".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: LVG [see IMAF photos]

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