Landscape with figures - Venus and Adonis (?)
Maker
Jacob Esselens (artist)
1626-1687
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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