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Marriage of Peleus and Thetis

Maker

(artist)
1566-1638

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1558-1617

Title

Marriage of Peleus and Thetis

Date of Production

1630 - 1640

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 15.7 cm
Width: 20.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2364

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

George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), L.1530; Colnaghi (London); acquired there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1935 (in part exchange, for £2); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 5

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink: "GoL:". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "2"; lower centre, graphite: "H. Goltzius".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl Spencer (L.1530). Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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