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Peasant wedding by the butchers in Vienna for Emperor Matthias, 1613

Maker

Caspar Luyken (artist)
1672-1708

Title

Peasant wedding by the butchers in Vienna for Emperor Matthias, 1613

Date of Production

1613?

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 19.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2569

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




Notes

We are grateful to Jørgen Wadum for identifying this scene as a recording of the print by Jan Luyken from 1698, which was published in Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, Historische kronyck; vervattende een (...) beschrijvingh der aldergedenckwaerdigste geschiedenissen des weerelds, van den aenvangh der scheppingh tot (...) , 1576 (2 vols), Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1698, vol. I, p. 891. An impression of the print is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. RP-P-1896-A-19368-1397.

Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, brown ink, second line has been almost completely cut off and only ascenders of a long inscription are still visible: "Anno 1613 / [...] V[..] T[...] Oosten" [? According to notes in the file this is what was read; the year accords with the original print]; right lower edge, graphite: "15"; lower right, graphite, circled, obscured by L.2228b: "D. 1375[...]".

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

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