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Goatsherd and goats

Maker

(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Goatsherd and goats

Date of Production

1610 - 1611

Medium

black and red chalk, brown and red wash, white bodycolour on brown laid paper, with black chalk framing lines, incised for transfer, the verso prepared with black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2238

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

Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792); Rt Hon Henry Hobhouse, Somerset (1854-1937); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 18 November 1935; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 26 February 1936 (£3); 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

Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 783 on p. 266
fig. 783 on p. 315

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 9

Bénard, M., Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, Paris 1810
no. 1859 ...More

Woodall, Joanna, 'Ad Vivum' conference pop-up display introduction, London ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: upper left corner, obscured by tape, graphite: "/h". Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "2238"; lower left, graphite, erased but probably "Bloemaert"; lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Bloomaert: o GT".

Collector's mark: Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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