Figures among classical ruins
Maker
Mathäus Küsel (artist)
1629-1681
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
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.
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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