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Sheet of sixteen figure studies (after Nicholaes Berchem)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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