Muleteer with pack animals
Maker
(artist)
1624-1694
1624-1694
Title
Muleteer with pack animals
Date of Production
1694
Medium
black chalk, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2039
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: horn in a crowned shield above “4” above monogram “WR” above monogram “VH” (close to Churchill 317 but w/o the “VH”; not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters monogram: “WROMEYN / 1694 //”. Verso: centre, brown ink: “11”; centre, graphite: “B. 4.”; lower left corner, graphite, unclear: “oJa [?]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters monogram: “WROMEYN / 1694 //”. Verso: centre, brown ink: “11”; centre, graphite: “B. 4.”; lower left corner, graphite, unclear: “oJa [?]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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