Perseus confronting Phineus with the head of Medusa
Maker
Francesco Stringa (artist)
1635-1709
1635-1709
Title
Perseus confronting Phineus with the head of Medusa
Date of Production
1650 - 1709
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, red-brown and dark-brown wash on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 43.3 cm
Width: 43.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.201
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
Slaughtering
Provenance
Royal Collection, France? Thomas Dimsdale, London (1758-1823)?; Samuel Woodburn (London)?; unidentified collectors (not in Lugt and L.1976); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: Francesco Stringa […]anch / lo […] madama. Verso: upper centre edge, hidden under backing sheet, brown ink: franc.o stringa.. Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Recto: lower centre, graphite: Francesco Stringa / N.1635._D.1709.; lower right, graphite, mostly erased and hard to read: Perseus + Ph. C[...] Bonap. [...] ; lower left, graphite: x Signed. / arrow pointing up. Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Verso: lower left, graphite: From the Royal Collection France / also Dimsdael [sic] + Woodburn Collections.; lower right, brown ink, cut off: Francesco Stringa op Mod[...] .
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not in Lugt); lower right, stamped in black: unidentified collector (L.1976). Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Recto: lower left, stamped in back : Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: Francesco Stringa […]anch / lo […] madama. Verso: upper centre edge, hidden under backing sheet, brown ink: franc.o stringa.. Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Recto: lower centre, graphite: Francesco Stringa / N.1635._D.1709.; lower right, graphite, mostly erased and hard to read: Perseus + Ph. C[...] Bonap. [...] ; lower left, graphite: x Signed. / arrow pointing up. Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Verso: lower left, graphite: From the Royal Collection France / also Dimsdael [sic] + Woodburn Collections.; lower right, brown ink, cut off: Francesco Stringa op Mod[...] .
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: unidentified collector (not in Lugt); lower right, stamped in black: unidentified collector (L.1976). Mount (removed, in box of mounts in P&D), Recto: lower left, stamped in back : Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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