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Perseus confronting Phineus with the head of Medusa

Maker

Francesco Stringa (artist)
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

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).

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