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Triumph of Galatea

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

School of
(artist)
1564-1625

Title

Triumph of Galatea

Date of Production

1617

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash, touches of red wash (accidental?) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 30.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2490

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

Ludwig Zatzka (1857-1925); Sotheby's (London), 2 March 1932; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (8 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952; noted missing December 2001; recovered May 2023

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right, pen and ink, dated: "i6i7".

Collector's mark: See comments.

Watermark: centre: a crowned eagle (no match found in Briquet, Heawood or Churchill).

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