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Exorcism

Maker

(artist)
1643-1697

Title

Exorcism

Date of Production

1680

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down; an indecipherable drawing on the verso is visible with transmitted light and infrared

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2565

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

Dr Edward Peart, London and Butterwick (1756/58-1824); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto: centre: a circle is just visible, but otherwise obscured by the mount. Mount (historic), Verso: centre: J WHATMAN.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated? the date partly gone over in different ink: Lodovico Gemignani 1680.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, partly faded: 1st Bli[...] / Proud .

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, upside down, underlined: 66.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, partly faded: [...] / 1644-1697 / on [...]ch / signed .

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, first line in graphite and circled, second line in brown ink but crossed through in graphite: J 232 / J. 297. .

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right lower edge, graphite: 17.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower centre edge, graphite: Coll. of Dr E Peart..

Inscription: Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: Lodovico Gimignano / Italian 1643-1697 / Signed + dated 1680 / 2565.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and black ink: Dr Edward Peart (L.891).

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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