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Studies of armour

Maker

(artist)
1610-1690

Formerly attributed to
Klaes Molenaer (artist)
1630-1676

Title

Studies of armour

Date of Production

1625 - 1690

Medium

black chalk, grey and brown wash, white bodycolour (oxidised in places), on grey-brown prepared laid paper, on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 20.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2724

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

Heinrich Eisemann (Frankfurt am Main and London); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 16 December 1935; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 30 September 1937 (£23, as by Molenaer); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, 1972 (Apr.-May)

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938

Literature

High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, April - May 1972
cat. no. 13
no. 13
ill.

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 511

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink, reinforced in graphite: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left edge, grey-brown ink, underlined, upside down (so formerly used for a Weenix drawing oriented the other way?): "WEENIX". Support (historic), Verso: upper right edge, brown ink, upside down (again from when used for a different drawing?): "Loivre"; lower right edge, graphite: "118".

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