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Recumbent nude child - infant Saint John the Baptist (?)

Maker

(artist)
1600-1686

Title

Recumbent nude child - infant Saint John the Baptist (?)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

grey ink, grey wash, on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines on three sides, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 9 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.273

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: possibly one at Recto, right centre, but unable to see through the backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, dated by the artist? unclear: “Andreas Eifüng [...] / Ju[...] gep[...] / i6. Waris Anno i6 [...]”. [Troutman translated as “Andreas Schuch M[aler ?] / In Ulm geschenen d[en ?] / 16 Maij Anno 16[...]", not sure who transcribed the other version above; Troutman also read the first word on RW.274 as 'Schuch', but noted the different spellings, and that therefore both inscriptions could not be by the artist].

Collector's mark: none.

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