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Landscape with figures - Venus and Adonis (?)

Maker

Jacob Esselens (artist)
1626-1687

Title

Landscape with figures - Venus and Adonis (?)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 21.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2014

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

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Provenance

William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1834; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 17 June 1840, p. 72, no. 113; William Pitcairn Knowles, Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (1820-1894), L.2643; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 July 1924, lot 58; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "a/"; lower left edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1834 WE 100x"; lower right edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "Esselens.".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink: Willaim Esdaile (L.2617); lower centre edge, stamped in purple ink: William Pitcairn Knowles (L.2643); lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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