Massacre of the Innocents
Maker
(artist)
1730-1777
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
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).
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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