Triumph of Bacchus
Maker
(artist)
1665-1735
(formerly attributed to)
1640-1711
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
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
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
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.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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