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Battle of nudes

Maker

(artist)
1656-1684

Title

Battle of nudes

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 35.6 cm
Width: 49.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2660

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

Johann Wilhelm Nahl, Kassel (1803-1880), L.1954; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Les dessins de Raymond Lafage, Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, 1962
cat. no. 132

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: Recto: right centre, grapes contained in a double circle, in the outer circle is a name and two hearts (includes the letter “B” but does not look like ‘B COLOMBIER”, which is the most similar example found in Heawood). Backing sheet: Verso, left centre: a chaplet.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “4”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Raymond LaFage”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “No 1/50”; upper right edge, graphite, number circled: “B. 217”; lower right edge, graphite: “Troque ver [?] le 25 Juin 62. Dich and Hahne [?]”; lower right edge, graphite: “1377”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in purple ink: Johann Wilhelm Nahl (L.1954).

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