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Triumph of Bacchus

Maker

(artist)
1665-1735

(formerly attributed to)
1640-1711

Title

Triumph of Bacchus

Date of Production

1655 - 1711

Medium

pen and brown ink, white chalk, brown and grey wash, on blue laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 39.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2018

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

indulgence


distilleries




Provenance

Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 64; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (35 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927

Literature

Roy, Alain, Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711), Arthena, Paris 1992
D.R. 67

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 651

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: none.

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