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Sacrifice

Maker

(artist)
1730-1777

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1718-1780

Title

Sacrifice

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, brown wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount with D.1952.RW.2633.1

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 26.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2633.2

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

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

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite, erased: "Philibert Benoit Delarue / c. 1735-1780 //". Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "#4".

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