Vulcan's forge with Mars and Venus in the foreground
Maker
(artist)
1702-1788
1702-1788
Title
Vulcan's forge with Mars and Venus in the foreground
Date of Production
1715 - 1788
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour, on red-prepared laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2222
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
heat
Provenance
S.N. Gould; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 2 May 1934; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 September 1935 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1937-38
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1937-38
Literature
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 96
cat. no. 96
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to see through mount and wash.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, circled: “4”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, circled: “4”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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