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Massacre of the Innocents

Maker

(artist)
1730-1777

Title

Massacre of the Innocents

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 43 cm
Width: 55.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2632

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

Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, London and Strawberry Hill (1717-1797); Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839); Samuel Woodburn (London), 1822; Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888), L.350 [not listed in his 1872 sale catalogue but could have been in a portfolio]; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, only visible in raking light, left centre: Strasburg lily; Countermark: right centre: “IV” [?].

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite: “#6”; centre, graphite, crossed out: “590”; lower centre, graphite: “Lot 59 / La Rue //”; lower left, graphite, faded and difficult to read: “Strawberry Hill Collection / [...] 26 Woodburn Collection 1822 / La Rue Paris / 2632 En[...] / [...]herbert St Helens + Barry Delany X //”; lower right corner, graphite: “La Rue”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, pen and brown ink: Barry Delany (L.350).

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