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Prophetess Hulda

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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).

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