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Moses and the Brazen Serpent in a landscape setting

Maker

(artist)
1620-1683

Title

Moses and the Brazen Serpent in a landscape setting

Date of Production

(circa) 1668

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 24.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2373

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

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Provenance

Francis Abbott, Edinburgh (1801-1893), L.970; anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 11 February 1929, lot 6 (with three others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bennett, Shirley K., 'Nine religious drawings by Nicolaes Berchem: desgins to ornament maps in a 1669 Bible' in 'The Hoogsteder Mercury', 1992 - pp. 60-73; 13/14
pp. 60-62
fig. 4 on p. 61

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: just visible upper centre in raking light, but unable to see more clearly due to support.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: "Nicholas Berghem / Born 1624 Died 1684 //"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A5273".

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970).

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