Five flying cherubs
Maker
(artist)
1627-1703
1627-1703
Title
Five flying cherubs
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down with black chalk framing lines partly trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2358
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
Richardson; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none evident, though difficult to see through the backing sheet.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black ink: “Dom. Piola”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Domenico Piola the Elder / 1628-1703”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black ink: “Dom. Piola”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Domenico Piola the Elder / 1628-1703”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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