Burning of Troy
Maker
(artist)
1498-1574
1498-1574
Title
Burning of Troy
Date of Production
1568
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, incised for transfer
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1955
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
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; Richardson; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: small four-leaf clover above a half moon, above a name (unable to make out, but no matches in Briquet, Heawood or Piccard, 2 cm between chain lines).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on rock, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Heemskerck / Invetor [sic] / 1568 //". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “5g5.”; lower right corner, brown ink: “4”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: on tape at upper left edge, graphite: “505-7-32”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto, lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on rock, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Heemskerck / Invetor [sic] / 1568 //". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “5g5.”; lower right corner, brown ink: “4”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: on tape at upper left edge, graphite: “505-7-32”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto, lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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