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Juno descending into Hades

Maker

Godfried Maes
1649-1700

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1573-1647

Title

Juno descending into Hades

Date of Production

1649 - 1700

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 21.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2478

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

Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto: left centre: "L V G" (per Peter Bower, these initials didn't didn't appear in watermarks until 1694).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner; and again on Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "M6 / 47-741 //".

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