Jacob departs with Leah and Rachel
Maker
(artist)
1645-1688
1645-1688
Title
Jacob departs with Leah and Rachel
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown, red and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 38.3 cm
Width: 38.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2314
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 1927 (51 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: a circle, only visible in raking light so unable to see what it contains due to the support.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right on rock, brown ink, artist's hand: "Genesis 31./ G.de Leone. inventor / et fecit //". Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "33."; lower right, graphite: "The Return of Jacob". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, same hand as D.1952.RW.628: "N 544".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right on rock, brown ink, artist's hand: "Genesis 31./ G.de Leone. inventor / et fecit //". Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "33."; lower right, graphite: "The Return of Jacob". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, same hand as D.1952.RW.628: "N 544".
Collector's mark: none.
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