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Figures among classical ruins

Maker

Mathäus Küsel (artist)
1629-1681

Title

Figures among classical ruins

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 36.8 cm
Width: 28.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2655

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a coat of arms? Unable to discern due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on plinth, brown ink, signed with the artist’s initials: “MK.”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, brown ink: “Melchior Kussel”, the first name crossed out in graphite and added above in graphite in a modern hand: “1692 - c. 1686 / Mathaüs? //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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