Prophetess Hulda
Maker
(artist)
1558-1617
1558-1617
Title
Prophetess Hulda
Date of Production
(circa) 1588
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2673
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
William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836), L.2664; C.F. Stoop; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 21 February 1934, lot 96; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Literature
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 24
ill. on p. 33
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 1
T. Gerszi, Netherlandish Drawings in the Budapest Museum, Amsterdam, 1971.
I, p. 48, under no. 94 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 22
Reznicek, E.K.J., Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius, Utrecht 1961
no. 23
pl. 84
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 59
Antal, F., Fuseli Studies, 1956
n. 94 on p. 114
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 93 ...Less
cat. no. 24
ill. on p. 33
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 1
T. Gerszi, Netherlandish Drawings in the Budapest Museum, Amsterdam, 1971.
I, p. 48, under no. 94 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 22
Reznicek, E.K.J., Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius, Utrecht 1961
no. 23
pl. 84
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 59
Antal, F., Fuseli Studies, 1956
n. 94 on p. 114
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 93 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, artist's initials in monogram: "HG ."; an ink inscription in the lower right corner has been erased. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "P.45"; upper centre, graphite: "Henry Goltzius. / x //"; centre, red chalk: "2"; right lower edge, brown ink: "10.6".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Young Ottley (L.2664). Verso: lower left corner, indistinctly stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, artist's initials in monogram: "HG ."; an ink inscription in the lower right corner has been erased. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "P.45"; upper centre, graphite: "Henry Goltzius. / x //"; centre, red chalk: "2"; right lower edge, brown ink: "10.6".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Young Ottley (L.2664). Verso: lower left corner, indistinctly stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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