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Burning of Troy

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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