Battle of nudes
Maker
(artist)
1656-1684
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
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
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).
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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