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Minos, King of Crete

Maker

(Artists)
1628-1671

Title

Minos, King of Crete

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, the verso prepared with black chalk (but does not seem to have been incised)

Dimensions

Height: 11.7 cm
Width: 10.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2152

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, upper right on medallion, grey ink: "MINOS REX."; within the drawing, right centre on map, all grey ink: "Morea", "Creta.", "M: Mediterraneum." [accent on u] and "Libia"; right lower edge, red chalk: "6". Verso: centre, graphite, underlined twice: "Centre".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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