Sailing galleys in combat
Maker
Abraham Casembrot (artist)
1650-1675
1650-1675
Title
Sailing galleys in combat
Date of Production
1650 - 1675
Medium
pen and black ink, grey wash, on laid paper, the upper corners made up
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2203
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
galleys (watercraft)
Provenance
Wilhelm Koller, Vienna (d. 1871), L.2632; Max Ziegert (Frankfurt); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1926; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
A. Beunen, 'Abraham Casembroot, een Nederlandse schilder in het Sicilië van de zeventiende eeuw', in: Oud-Holland, 109 (1995) 1/2, pp. 32-62.
p. 60, no. D25
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
p. 60, no. D25
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: unable to identify – a flower?
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Wilhelm Koller (L.2632); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “80.”; lower left edge, graphite, identifying L.2632: “=W. Koller.”; lower right, graphite: “A. Casembroot. / Messina ca. 1675. //”; lower right edge, graphite, faded and illegible: “C[…]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Wilhelm Koller (L.2632); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “80.”; lower left edge, graphite, identifying L.2632: “=W. Koller.”; lower right, graphite: “A. Casembroot. / Messina ca. 1675. //”; lower right edge, graphite, faded and illegible: “C[…]”.
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