Studies of armour
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
Formerly attributed to
Klaes Molenaer (artist)
1630-1676
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
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
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
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".
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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