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Studies of a figure kneeling before another, a horse and donkey returning from the hunt and cavorting children

Maker

(artist)
1604-1657

Title

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), watercolour on laid paper, laid down; the donkey at right centre has been pricked all around its outline for transfer
verified under microscope

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2258

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

Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke (1782-1869); by descent to Miss Williams; purchased from her by Campbell Dodgson, London (1867-1948) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), November 1926 (along with D.1952.RW.2257); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Graceful and True - Drawing in Florence around 1600, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 14/10/2003-18/01/2004; Colnaghi, London, 26/01/2004-02/03/2004; Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 12/03/2004-09/05/2004

Literature

Graceful and True - Drawing in Florence around 1600, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; P & D Colnaghi, London; Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 2003-2004, 2003-04
cat. no. 7
ill. on p. 52

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none evident in drawing sheet. Backing sheet: centre: star above a circle containing two crossed arrows (matches Briquet 6305 – dated 1524/30).

Inscription: 92 / Baccio del Bianco_ //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Label: Subject (figure studies), accession no., artist and dates

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