Sheet of sixteen figure studies (after Nicholaes Berchem)
Maker
(artist)
1619-1697
After
(artist)
1620-1683
1619-1697
After
(artist)
1620-1683
Title
Sheet of sixteen figure studies (after Nicholaes Berchem)
Date of Production
1635 - 1699
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, white bodycolour, on brown laid paper, on a historic mount (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2084
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
Sotheby's, London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (as Berchem); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 98
as Nicolaes Berchem
p. 98
as Nicolaes Berchem
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "v"; lower centre, black chalk, faded, written twice: "Bergham". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "30"; lower left, brown ink: "Sketch by Bergham."; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "2084".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "v"; lower centre, black chalk, faded, written twice: "Bergham". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "30"; lower left, brown ink: "Sketch by Bergham."; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "2084".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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