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Man and woman seated at a table, and a figure of Death

Maker

Petrus Feddes (Pieter van Harlingen) (artist)
1586-1634

Title

Man and woman seated at a table, and a figure of Death

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines on three sides

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 16.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2220

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

Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 7

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned, quartered coat-of-arms (variant of Heawood 481, though ours is larger - "Schieland" 1602).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist, first two letters monogram: "PHarl:in:".

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

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