Juno descending into Hades
Maker
Godfried Maes
1649-1700
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1573-1647
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
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
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 //".
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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