Sacrifice
Maker
(artist)
1730-1777
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1718-1780
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
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
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".
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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