Woman taken in adultery
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1630-1691
(artist)
1630-1691
Title
Woman taken in adultery
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on brown laid paper, the upper edge and most of the right edge made up, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1992
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
John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, London and Strawberry Hill (1717-1797); Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (5 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Galeria Palatina, Florence, 27 June 27- 20 Sept. 2000, Livio Mehus: un pittore barocco alla corte dei Medici, 1627-1691
p. 129
fig. 5 on p. 130
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
p. 129
fig. 5 on p. 130
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check drawing due to support. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, fragment, visible only in raking light: a double circle, possibly containing the Lion of the Seven Provinces with some indistinguishable words (per Peter Bower’s 2017 report).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Livio Meus.”; lower right corner, on strip added to make up edge, brown ink: “3.”. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Mehus or Meus, Lieven / Flem. 1630-1691 //”; centre, brown ink: “The Woman Taken in Adultery / By Livio Meus //” and added above the artist’s first name in graphite “Livino”; lower right, graphite, erased: “B.M. / ordinary //”; lower left edge, graphite: “Strawberry Hill, Barnards Coll”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Livio Meus.”; lower right corner, on strip added to make up edge, brown ink: “3.”. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Mehus or Meus, Lieven / Flem. 1630-1691 //”; centre, brown ink: “The Woman Taken in Adultery / By Livio Meus //” and added above the artist’s first name in graphite “Livino”; lower right, graphite, erased: “B.M. / ordinary //”; lower left edge, graphite: “Strawberry Hill, Barnards Coll”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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