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Feigned relief of cupids with an urn

Maker

(artist)
1695-1754

Title

Feigned relief of cupids with an urn

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with graphite and brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 17.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.23

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

Ludwig Knaus, Berlin (1829-1910), L.1576; Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7-10 December 1920, lot 536; E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 115; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3.4); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to support.

Inscription: Recto: right lower edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: “JdeWitt”. Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner, graphite: “49”; lower left, graphite: “129F”; to the right of this, graphite, faded: “9”; lower left corner, graphite: “300”; lower centre edge, graphite, circled: “23”.

Collector's mark: Probably on the verso, not visible as is laid down: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, stamped in purple ink: Ludwig Knaus (L.1576).

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