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Mercury and the Dishonest Woodman

Maker

(artist)
1615-1673

Title

Mercury and the Dishonest Woodman

Date of Production

1655 - 1659

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 15.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2116

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

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Provenance

John Bouverie, England (1722/1723-1750), L.325; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012

Literature

Mahoney, Michael, The drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London 1977
no. 51.1

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: entire sheet, brown ink, fragment of a letter, cut off at edges: “[…]vanni le fu prossimo [?] quale [?] / […]ccellino ottien in quel Palazo? Salon di Castello [?] de[?] / magine domo dif a da ferr e chi [?] tanto è [?] mio gusto si mag [last 2 words crossed out, above added the following word] v[?] / in giro in un Villa Cant[?] in altra Villa Nanzio / Vir[?] in [?] gela[?] / dalla [?]. Mem[?] do mi frequentano e di[?] / madesi in Tempo. Libro du[?] à [?] / [?] orindero la [?] di pote[...] / alli [?] il [?] Venerdi “//.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Bouverie (L.325).

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