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The Four Times of Day: Night

Maker

After
(artist)
1558-1617

Title

The Four Times of Day: Night

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown and grey inks, watercolour, traces of white chalk, on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2255

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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The Four Times of Day: Night

Label Text

This watercolour copies a scene representing Night from Hendrick Goltzius’s print series, The Four Times of the Day. Rather than using traditional nude allegorical figures, it features people in contemporary dress. The colours provide striking contrasts not present in the original black and white print, creating a more pronounced separation between the sleeping figure in the foreground, highlighted in purple and red, and the couple in the background beneath the canopy washed in a bluish-grey tone.

Provenance

Robinson, Fisher & Harding (London), 4 November 1926; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Narrative Folds (Pop-up exhibition), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/2013-01/06/2013

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: bottom of a fleur-de-lis above monogram letters "VDL" (2.8 cm between chain lines, no exact match found in Heawood or Churchill).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "(H Golzius) 2255; lower left corner, graphite? now obscured by handling edge: "[...] l 12".

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

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