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Five flying cherubs

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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